Any one else think the Lion Story is… well, ridiculous?

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Does anyone else believe the “Cecil the Lion” story has reached the “ridiculous” level at this point? In the latest this morning, CNN is reporting that Zimbabwe is now calling on the US to extradite the Minnesota Dentist because, in part, of facebook outrage:

Zimbabwe has started extradition proceedings and hopes the U.S. will cooperate, said Oppah Muchinguri, the African nation’s environment minister.

Walter Palmer “had a well-orchestrated agenda which would tarnish the image of Zimbabwe and further strain the relationship between Zimbabwe and the U.S.A.,” Muchinguri said.

and…

Muchinguri said that there was also much outcry in Zimbabwe and that nearly 500,000 people had called via Facebook for Palmer’s extradition.

“We are taking this issue seriously,” he said, adding that Palmer should be tried in Zimbabwe for his alleged offenses.

Read it here.

Run Simba, they’re going to blame you!

They’re calling for his extradition because of a “tarnished image,” and “facebook?” That a government official even cites it is horrific in it’s ridiculousness, and should give any American strong pause in whether or not to consider traveling to that country. Ever.

At this point in time, it appears that if anyone did anything wrong, it might have been the guides/people arranging the hunt, and any role the hunter had in luring the lion, and directing the circumstances of the hunt is still in question.

At least, to the point where far more information and evidence is needed for anyone to pass judgement, unless their intent is to hate big game hunters in general.

And putting it in context; this story came out right about the same time as yet another round of video footage alleging Planned Parenthood is illegally trafficking in human body parts in the United States. Yet, we don’t see Jimmy Kimmel weeping over that one.

I guess I’m feeling as if this story has reached a worldwide social media feeding frenzy at this point, with everyone proclaiming “facts be damned,” at the same time when there are far more important things to get all worked into a lather about.

What’s your opinion?

9 thoughts on “Any one else think the Lion Story is… well, ridiculous?”

  1. 1. People threatening to kill the dentist, trying to destroy his business and hurt people who just work for the guy, etc are utter lunatics.
    2. The dentist seems like a real piece of shit.

  3. Let’s see, some people think it’s terrible that this guy killed Cecil who was this cuddly male lion who, by the way, killed all the little lions when he took control of the pride from the former pride ruler so he could then mate with the females.

    The money big game hunters pay for their licenses goes to pay for the professionals who oversee the health and continued propagation of the entire species. I agree PP that if there was any illegal activity done, the guide a safari leader are to blame.

      1. Not really, Planned Parenthood is sending out memos to reporters to not cover the story or air the videos. they have hired crisis communication firm SKDKnickerbocker
        http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/planned-parenthood-crisis-communications-firm-video-120725.html

        and they have filed court motions to prevent the videos from being released.
        https://stream.org/courts-bars-release-stemexpress-videos/

        The main stream media is complying by burying any planned parenthood story with stories about Cecil the Lion.

  5. on topic e.g.: quote – another round of video footage alleging Planned Parenthood is illegally trafficking in human body parts in the United States.

  6. planned parenthood stories are on-topic. i want more videos released, if someone has more to release. more information never hurt a system, only the suppression of information by those with a vested interest in the status quo.

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