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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's the Yelp page for the American dentist who killed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe
Have at it!
http://www.yelp.com/biz/river-bluff-dental-bloomington
For those who are unfamiliar:
Cecil the lion was shot with a bow and arrow, then stalked for 40 hours before he was finally killed with a rifle.
An American dentist with an affinity for killing rare wildlife using a bow and arrow has been identified as the man who shot and killed Zimbabwe's most famous lion earlier this month, local officials claim.
Dr. Walter Palmer, a dentist working in Bloomington, Minnesota, is said to have paid $55,000 to hunt the 13-year-old lion, named Cecil, according to a report from The Telegraph. The animal was allegedly lured with meat out of Hwange National Park -- a protected area that bans hunting -- into an adjacent hunting zone where he was shot with an arrow. The lion was then followed for 40 hours before he was ultimately killed with a rifle.
The Zimbabwe tourism department also sent out a tweet early Tuesday identifying Palmer as the man who killed Cecil, using the hashtag #illegalhunt.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/american-dentist-killed-lion-zimbabwe_55b78e38e4b0a13f9d1a1d0a?cps=gravity_2246_-8981196137575857517
Coventina
(27,129 posts)Let's show this guy how it feels to be hunted!!!!
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)I wish I had known the animal was in the pic too because I would not have clicked.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Hekate
(90,727 posts)notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)A real man doesn't feel the need to kill for the sake of killing.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)A jaguar, maybe.
CatWoman! Paging CatWoman!
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Obviously the lion wasn't his first victim. His actions are particularly dispicable when you consider that he cut off the head and skinned the lion then left his body to rot on the plain.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Asked, "When would it be appropriate to take a life?" a monk answered, "When you know how to give life back."
That dentist must not understand how miraculous the gift really is, life.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Pretentious, shallow little man who is insecure and needs his ego stroked by those he associates with.
And I thought the men who take and compare photos of their lawns were bad
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)Hopefully, this will spread to all his online activity.
Can he be extradited to Zimbabwe?
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)We very rarely do that at all for even people murders. No way will they do that.
mnhtnbb
(31,395 posts)What an a$$hole.
kcr
(15,317 posts)The, "Oooh, internet bullying is wrong!" that is so popular right now can fuck right off with this one.
MH1
(17,600 posts)posting an ill-considered, poorly worded tweet that begs to be misconstrued, right before getting on an airplane so you'll have no idea how the tweet was received.
Sure there might be some people who think even still, this cretin shouldn't lose his business over it (and I suspect that ultimately, he won't, because people have short memories). But a whole lot of people who don't want to see someone pounded over a bad tweet, will not be stepping up to defend this scumbag.
kcr
(15,317 posts)But I stand by what I said. The trend to silence people for legitimate criticism by calling it bullying is what I'm talking about. I don't know if what you're talking about qualifies because I have no idea what it is.
MH1
(17,600 posts)Someone tweeted something that she said later was meant as a joke. It was poorly done. But the bad thing is she got on a plane and didn't even know what was happening until she got off the plane, looked at her phone and found her reputation in tatters. If I recall correctly she lost her job over it. Many people felt that was a case of internet bullying going too far.
My point was that actually killing a magnificent, beloved animal, is a much different case than that other situation. This dentist will only find defenders among other killers, I suspect. The people who said "too much" for the reaction to the (perceived) ugly tweet, will probably not be saying that for this guy. JMHO, of course.
kcr
(15,317 posts)I don't know what getting on a plane and not knowing about it has to do with it. Many people may feel it's a case of internet bullying going too far, but I can't say because you won't say what she said.
MH1
(17,600 posts)but the specifics aren't really the point. Just that there are different degrees of transgression and some are more likely to garner sympathy than others.
kcr
(15,317 posts)People aren't immune from consequences of their actions and sometimes those consequences involve the internet. Some are more likely to garner sympathy, which is why I don't understand how the specifics aren't the point.
IcyPeas
(21,894 posts)The bastard poacher:
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)quizzle
(44 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Looks like he has plenty of money.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_28548920/bloomington-dentist-accused-killing-zimbabwe-lion-illegally
"I hired several professional guides and they secured all proper permits. To my knowledge, everything about this trip was legal and properly handled and conducted," Walter Palmer said in a written statement released Tuesday through public relations firm J Austin & Associates of Minneapolis.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)but had missed (or they left out) the PR firm.
Love that this has gone viral, ad he is learning the power of the internet.
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)A few bucks, followed by propaganda and the facts will be
-Doctor Palmer shot the lion in self defense
-The lion was rabid
-There are 8 zillion lions on the planet
-Palmer cured cancer
-Lions cause cancer
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)JI7
(89,254 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Initech
(100,084 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)My avatar is Tiger, the cat that horrid woman killed.
Faryn Balyncd
(5,125 posts)...life.
Billy Cannon kept his license after going to the pen for counterfeiting by doing dental work at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Maybe Dr. Palmer can make a similar deal with the Zimbabwean government after he gets out of prison.
Let's extradite him promptly!
LisaL
(44,973 posts)damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)I sure wouldn't trust this flake if he were my dentist.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)This is how he honored and paid homage to Cecil