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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I agree with you in all points, and I'm fully onboard.
But I do understand where some of those writers are coming from. In Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, etc, people are getting killed at an alarming rate, and sometimes it barely makes news. For people who feel strongly about those stories, it might get frustrating it doesn't get exposure.
Cecil has been the top story for two days which RARELY happens anymore.
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I definitely agree with what you're saying Cro there are more then just lions being poached daily, as you pointed out people are being killed at the same rate if not worse in those countries. I can see how its frustrating.
I think the difference here is pretty simple, its the means in which the actions were carried out on poor Cecil. I can almost guarantee you that if a bunch of kids/people in Iraq or Syria were lured away from there home and then blinded with a spotlight and shot/left to suffer for 40hrs then killed/dismembered and then the evidence tampered with in hopes nobody finds out. I can SURELY say there would be just as much new's coverage (or so you would hope)
With that being said, I'll agree the masses that have come out to shame the dentist for what he's done and what not definitely outweighs any support you currently see when a news story about the above is ever aired but I think that has more to do with an individuals concept of morality more then anything. People seem to be able to understand the poaching aspect on animal's / relate to the unethical aspect a bit more for whatever reason and we cant really change that.
Either way, its very sad that these canned hunts are allowed and in this specific case money bought his escape from Zimbabwe.