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Judi Lynn

(160,516 posts)
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 03:14 PM Jan 2018

Big game hunter shot dead as he aimed at lion he wanted to kill

Source: Independent


Pero Jelenic hit by a stray bullet while hunting big cats bred in captivity

Lydia Smith 2 hours ago



A trophy hunter was shot dead as he hunted lions bred in captivity in South Africa.

Pero Jelenic was struck by a stray bullet as he tracked on of the creatures near Setlagole, in the North West province.

Police spokesperson Charlize van der Linden told News24 that the 75-year-old hotelier from Croatia had already killed one lion and along with two other hunters, he was tracking another big cat when he was hit.

. . .

South Africa’s “canned” lion hunting industry is highly controversial. In canned hunts, cats raised in captivity are kept on private hunting reserves where they can be shot by hunters for a fee.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/big-game-hunter-shot-dead-lion-aim-pero-jelinic-croatia-south-africa-a8184576.html





Pero Jelenic
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Big game hunter shot dead as he aimed at lion he wanted to kill (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2018 OP
Karma... n/t hlthe2b Jan 2018 #1
Good news bad news SHRED Jan 2018 #2
Bad News...the lion didn't get to kill him. OregonBlue Jan 2018 #4
True SHRED Jan 2018 #6
yea bluestarone Jan 2018 #15
ditto yonder Jan 2018 #53
+1 million geardaddy Jan 2018 #72
Live by the sword, etc., etc. Sneederbunk Jan 2018 #3
What a shame. StarryNite Jan 2018 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Wwcd Jan 2018 #7
Hope they left his rotting carcas for the lions to fight over Wwcd Jan 2018 #8
That's what I was thinking! n/t LittleGirl Jan 2018 #65
Well... A lion has got to eat.... magicarpet Jan 2018 #71
snicker n/t LittleGirl Jan 2018 #79
Good. Maynar Jan 2018 #9
I believe in the right to arm bears... LudwigPastorius Jan 2018 #10
I had to read this twice. LOL lamp_shade Jan 2018 #26
lol red dog 1 Jan 2018 #29
Thank you. I'm going to steal it, if that's ok with you. Demoiselle Jan 2018 #80
They should mount his head at a widlife preserve Bradshaw3 Jan 2018 #11
Excellent idea gyroscope Jan 2018 #61
A canned lion hunt janterry Jan 2018 #12
I know, right? What kind of fucking monster gets his jollies doing this kind of thing? Neema Jan 2018 #45
Now there is one less fucking monster. Marie Marie Jan 2018 #59
Agree. Neema Jan 2018 #87
Yes. MFM008 Jan 2018 #62
They do it in the US also. Cold War Spook Jan 2018 #96
Don't the little Trump boys do this? sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #98
Outstanding news. NoMoreRepugs Jan 2018 #13
poor lions Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #14
Motherfucker! montanacowboy Jan 2018 #16
Yay! n/t BillyBobBrilliant Jan 2018 #17
What is that antlered animal he is standing next to? Its a massive rack!! hopeforchange2008 Jan 2018 #18
My guess is that it is a red deer Botany Jan 2018 #23
Thank you! hopeforchange2008 Jan 2018 #32
It is really old too Botany Jan 2018 #81
Its horrible to see such a beautiful animal killed for this guys ego hopeforchange2008 Jan 2018 #90
I may have to re-think my atheism. Ligyron Jan 2018 #19
One less jerk in the world.. good. mountain grammy Jan 2018 #20
I love stories like this! Freedomofspeech Jan 2018 #21
What goes around, comes around I guess. n/t SpankMe Jan 2018 #22
Instant Karma....Eric and Donnie Jr must be due for a hunting trip soon Submariner Jan 2018 #24
Stray bullet? Baitball Blogger Jan 2018 #25
My thoughts exactly! (n/t) PJMcK Jan 2018 #101
I still say BlueIdaho Jan 2018 #27
good to see dick chenney is still out and about dembotoz Jan 2018 #28
Lol! True_Blue Jan 2018 #104
Another demonic psychopath bites the dust. byronius Jan 2018 #30
Now he knows how the lions felt. What a shame. sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #31
Stray bullet, right. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2018 #33
I'm betting on a fourth possibility jmowreader Jan 2018 #58
Good! dewsgirl Jan 2018 #34
These "canned hunts" are for fucking cowards! red dog 1 Jan 2018 #35
Boo freaking hoo catbyte Jan 2018 #36
yep Locrian Jan 2018 #83
See Ya Pero . . OldManTarHeel Jan 2018 #37
Live by the gun. Butterflylady Jan 2018 #38
Does the shooter get to mount the guy's head on his wall? packman Jan 2018 #39
This might be the first indication gibraltar72 Jan 2018 #40
The Replies To This Thread Are Among The Best I've Ever Read Here! Congrats! DoctorJoJo Jan 2018 #41
Good. Too bad he wasn't shot before he killed the first one. TeapotInATempest Jan 2018 #42
It's only a "sport" flotsam Jan 2018 #43
Will never understand this awesomerwb1 Jan 2018 #44
Would someone just perfect penis enlargement pills or surgery already? It would save so many Neema Jan 2018 #46
This reply wins the thread! geardaddy Jan 2018 #73
I never win anything! Neema Jan 2018 #86
Some much needed good news Fullduplexxx Jan 2018 #47
Big cats bred in captivity? They might as well be hunting dairy cows. Vinca Jan 2018 #48
He should have bought the All Inclusive package like the other guy. bluedigger Jan 2018 #49
Perhaps Dick Cheney saidsimplesimon Jan 2018 #50
Or Beavis and Butthead crazycatlady Jan 2018 #97
What. A. Shame. regnaD kciN Jan 2018 #51
Ah, too bad. NOT! SammyWinstonJack Jan 2018 #52
I'll never understand these dullards. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #54
Rarely, but sometimes get the red out Jan 2018 #55
How is it a "hunt" when you are in essence shooting at fenced-in pets? SunSeeker Jan 2018 #56
Hope it took a while to bleed out. flying_wahini Jan 2018 #57
Why go to the trouble and expense of wandering around on the veldt, then using a rifle? BobTheSubgenius Jan 2018 #60
This is how homegirl Jan 2018 #63
Good. rownesheck Jan 2018 #64
I hope that rescue helicopter took a loooong time getting to him. (grinning from ear to ear) Jack-o-Lantern Jan 2018 #66
No sympathy from me...don't believe in hunting animals. iluvtennis Jan 2018 #67
Good. JeaneRaye Jan 2018 #68
canned hunts prove one is weak Angry Dragon Jan 2018 #69
If karma were real he would have ate that bullet John Fante Jan 2018 #70
Canned hunts - a real sportsman, eh? keithbvadu2 Jan 2018 #74
. reflection Jan 2018 #75
Good. Let's hope he goes to lion heaven where he can be ravaged day after geardaddy Jan 2018 #76
It's a shame Marthe48 Jan 2018 #77
Darwinism. muntrv Jan 2018 #78
One less asshole in the world. mikeysnot Jan 2018 #82
Fat, White, Smirking Kristofer Bry Jan 2018 #84
Um...bye! Iggo Jan 2018 #85
They should make these rich a-holes sign a will FakeNoose Jan 2018 #88
Remember this? Mendocino Jan 2018 #89
Good riddance. nt tblue37 Jan 2018 #91
Boo fucking hoo. liberalhistorian Jan 2018 #92
Too bad it doesnt happen more often. Flaleftist Jan 2018 #93
I'm sorry for his family and loved ones. flvegan Jan 2018 #94
I am just so sad that this pos died...all he wanted was a shoot fish in the barrel hunting Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #95
As a hunter myself, Ive never understood the... Marengo Jan 2018 #99
Excellent! Owl Jan 2018 #100
Oh, well. nt jrthin Jan 2018 #102
I can understand hunting for food and making a trophy from the pelt, etc. TlalocW Jan 2018 #103

Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)

magicarpet

(14,144 posts)
71. Well... A lion has got to eat....
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 05:47 PM
Jan 2018

Mista Hunter looks like a hefty meal for a group of Lions.

Yum - yum.

Neema

(1,151 posts)
45. I know, right? What kind of fucking monster gets his jollies doing this kind of thing?
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 04:32 PM
Jan 2018

I'm just sorry he was able to murder some beautiful animals before he was taken out. What a waste of skin.

MFM008

(19,805 posts)
62. Yes.
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 05:23 PM
Jan 2018

Animals raised in cages or on reserves.
Like shooting fish in a barrel.
They deserve what they get.

Botany

(70,490 posts)
81. It is really old too
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 06:15 PM
Jan 2018

The meat would suck and not unless this was an imported animal
on a game ranch/hunting area the now dead d-bag took some really
high quality genetic material from the heard.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,338 posts)
33. Stray bullet, right.
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 03:40 PM
Jan 2018

He had enemies, or
some wildlife-loving activist stopped the hunt, or
most likely, some other hunter mistook him for a game animal.

Stray bullets almost never have such a fine sense of justice.

jmowreader

(50,554 posts)
58. I'm betting on a fourth possibility
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 05:14 PM
Jan 2018

There were probably several canned hunts going on at the same time, and he got between another hunter and the lion that guy was trying to shoot.

You know they should mount his head and hang it on the wall in his hotel next to his trophies, with a plaque under the chin reading "he died doing what he loved."

red dog 1

(27,792 posts)
35. These "canned hunts" are for fucking cowards!
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 03:50 PM
Jan 2018

It's bad enough when these millionaire hunters go into the African jungle to kill lions, tigers, elephants, rhinos etc purely for "fun".& trophy collecting..but going into those fenced private "hunting reserves" to kill these magnificent animals is the ultimate form of cowardice imo.


K&R

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
39. Does the shooter get to mount the guy's head on his wall?
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 03:59 PM
Jan 2018

Last edited Tue Jan 30, 2018, 04:42 PM - Edit history (1)

Oh, that's terrible- couldn't help myself




Neema

(1,151 posts)
46. Would someone just perfect penis enlargement pills or surgery already? It would save so many
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 04:33 PM
Jan 2018

innocent lives to let these guys finally be able to have the penis of their dreams.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
54. I'll never understand these dullards.
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 05:07 PM
Jan 2018

I'll never understand the dark entertainment these dullards get from killing sentient life.

Screwtape knows them much better than I.

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
56. How is it a "hunt" when you are in essence shooting at fenced-in pets?
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 05:09 PM
Jan 2018

What a scumbag. If there is a hell, he's blistering in it.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
60. Why go to the trouble and expense of wandering around on the veldt, then using a rifle?
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 05:19 PM
Jan 2018

Why not just get the owners of this unspeakably awful operation to stake the lion out for him, so he could then beat it to death with a hammer?

Sick fucks.

FakeNoose

(32,633 posts)
88. They should make these rich a-holes sign a will
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 07:56 PM
Jan 2018

... before they go out and shoot these innocent helpless animals.
My God that is wrong on so many levels!

liberalhistorian

(20,816 posts)
92. Boo fucking hoo.
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 09:39 PM
Jan 2018

What goes around comes around. Literally. Fuck him. How anyone could even consider "captivity" hunting, or any big game hunting, much less take gleeful pleasure out of it, is completely beyond my understanding. They are sick. Fuck him.

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
93. Too bad it doesnt happen more often.
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 12:40 AM
Jan 2018

I have more sympathy for the squirrel I accidentally ran over a few months ago.

flvegan

(64,407 posts)
94. I'm sorry for his family and loved ones.
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 12:55 AM
Jan 2018

Otherwise, my laughter cannot be contained. Enjoy hell, shitbag.

Demsrule86

(68,552 posts)
95. I am just so sad that this pos died...all he wanted was a shoot fish in the barrel hunting
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 09:09 AM
Jan 2018

experience. Tsk, tsk...how er unfortunate. On a brighter note...many lions were undoubtedly saved.

 

Marengo

(3,477 posts)
99. As a hunter myself, Ive never understood the...
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 10:27 AM
Jan 2018

Appeal of canned hunts. My hunting associates largely ridicule them as well.

TlalocW

(15,380 posts)
103. I can understand hunting for food and making a trophy from the pelt, etc.
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 11:17 AM
Jan 2018

The trophies don't really do anything for me. I don't want a deer's head looking down at me while I'm watching television, but I've availed myself on the meat from my brother-in-law's hunts - deer bacon, bear burgers, etc.

TlalocW

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