The lion gorilla guerilla:)
I know that some use gorilla hands as ashtrays!!!!!

Time for some light relief :-)



Left a little...

...up a bit...

I love the relief Sirius! Thanks :)

Thank you Lynn for your mention of this terribly sad news. We are losing so many of our continent's beautiful animals :(

Your welcome, and very sad news. :( It's not just me, it's the entire nation that is outraged.

@ janne, thanks for your post. I will sign the petition.

@ janne, thanks for your post. I will sign the petition.

Please do.
But there are so many more hunting for fun in Africa because it's big money. I I think big game hunting in Africa started when Europe started colonize Africa.
How to deal with that I don't have a clue.
Actually I do but that would be a long story.

YEA!!!!

White House Petition To Extradite Cecil The Lion's Killer Exceeds 100,000 Signatures

The WhiteHouse.gov petition calling for the extradition of Walter Palmer, the Minnesota dentist who recently admitted to killing Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe, has surpassed 100,000 signatures, meaning the White House will have to respond to the petition.

“We urge the Secretary Of State John Kerry and the Attorney General Loretta Lynch to fully cooperate with the Zimbabwe authorities and to extradite Walter Palmer promptly at the Zimbabwe government's request,” the petition reads.

The petition was started on July 28 and currently has over 140,000 signatures.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-petition-extradite-cecil-lions-killer-exceeds/story?id=32788923

Cecil:)
And the dentist Palmer:(

Update on that extradition...



Honestly gov'ner, I didn't make it up...

6 month old baby gets lifetime hunting permit

...really gov'ner, it's legal.

Ol Pejeta. Only four remain of the northern white rhino when 31-year-old female Nabire died a week. Sudan, 42, is the only male, and if he doesnt manages to multiply the entire species is lost. Now he is guarded around the clock by armed guards.

The killing of the lion Cecil has aroused strong reactions worldwide and poaching risks destroying many wild animals.
A historic UN resolution was adopted yesterday by the member countries to stop the trade in animals and poaching.

Palmer needs a painful dentist experience...
Is it safe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-OviftusB8

Still don't understand Palmer's 'need' to kill these animals for 'fun'.

Author and hunting profile Jan Guillou has himself shot lions in Tanzania but the American dentist lion hunting with bow and arrow he thinks is reprehensible. According to Guillou is bow hunting a "male childishness" and about "egoistic self-assertion" rather than hunting.
That bow hunting is also associated with greater risk of injury shooting than hunting with a rifle makes it a despicable form of hunting.

If any good news can come out of this horrible attack, it's this.

Young cubs of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe being looked after by uncle after Walter Palmer's cruel slaying of their father.

The sad fact is that more than 500 lions are hunted for sport each year by American hunters. This is done legally through permit issuing authorities who claim that the money from this is used for animal conservation and refuges. More than a few elephants are killed each day by poachers.

I see no sport in any of this.

Entertainment?

Fox hunting originated in Britain, but is practised all over the world, including in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy and the United States. In Australia, the term also refers to the hunting of foxes with firearms similar to spotlighting or deer hunting. in Britain, ‘hunting’ without qualification implies fox hunting (or beagling, stag hunting and mink hunting). In Britain, hunting animals for sport is illegal, however the law is being broken.
Fox hunting was banned in Britain in 2004, but it still practised on a weekly basis all around the country. A foxhunt is a cruel and bloody event and involves the chasing of a red fox by a pack of trained foxhounds or other scent hounds and a group of hunters on horseback or foot. When being chased by the hounds, a fox will often attempt to escape underground. At this point a terrier is often sent down the hole to hold the fox at bay while the terriermen dig out the fox. As the fox is unable to escape it will then experience high levels of fear which, without being able to escape, will increase over time.
In the autumn of each year (August–October), hunts take the young hounds out cub hunting to kill young foxes. However, foxes are not the only animals to suffer. Historically it has been common practice to put hounds down at the end of their working lives around 6 – 8 years, or when a foxhound becomes too slow to keep up with the pack. There have also been numerous occasions when hounds have been injured or killed on roads and railway lines and when terriers have been injured or killed during terrier work.
Just because something was once a way of life does not mean it is right. We live in a modern, progressive society and allowing dogs to chase and kill wild animals for entertainment is simply not acceptable.

I agree that hunting for entertainment should be discouraged.

Personally, I have only 'hunted' either for purposes of food or to remove dangerous predators from my dad's farm. I eat what I shoot when hunting animals considered edible (deer, boar, etc.).

Also, I have had to use a gun to both defend our livestock from predators on the spot and to put down livestock that are gravely injured or ill. I consider it a mercy to put the poor animal down to end its very... apparent suffering. I also see nothing wrong with shooting and killing packs of feral dogs attacking our herd of cattle.

I will use a firearm (or other weapon)on an animal for the following purposes:

1. defence of self, others, or property.
2. to end its suffering when it is injured or ill.
3. when I am hungry and I intend to eat it. I also fish for this reason too.

In my opinion, hunting for 'sport' is wrong. If a man needs to go blow the head off of some poor small furry animal just to feel manly or <wink> "get wood" </wink>, he isn't much of a man, in my opinion.

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

:-(

BREAKING NEWS: Cecil the lion's brother Jericho shot dead by poachers in Zimbabwean park

Zimbabwean authorities restrict hunting after lion killing

Why does the phrase locking the barn door come to mind?

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Why does the phrase locking the barn door come to mind?

Ban on more bloodthirsty Yanks.

Haven't we proved that with Iraq?

An image of Cecil the lion is projected onto the Empire State Building as part of an endangered species projection to raise awareness, in New York, Aug. 1, 2015.
Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

It is not just Americans. There are British who pay tens of thousands of pounds to kill the magnificent wildlife on this continent. Perhaps too much wealth is concentrated in the wrong hands in the west? They say this money helps conservation but even where this is a technical truth, much less than 3 percent of their money does what they say it does.

I work hard and I save my earnings. I too do this so that I can support conservation projects during my holiday. But I do it in places like this http://www.gamerangersinternational.org/ourprojects/elephant-orphanage-project where I pay to be a volunteer.

Maybe the world's trophy hunters will look at the Empire State building and feel shame now. I hope so. How can anyone not be inspired by the sight of such a magnificent creature roaming as wild and as free as our fences and borders allow? How can they look and even imagine such a head mounted on their walls? :(

+1

I believe someone asked why?

The answer does not satisfy.

Why do people climb Mr. Everest?

Why do people dog sled to the poles?

Because it is there; because they can.

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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f54139d21459425bb93e13c86d90c25a/creators-destroyed-hitchhiking-robot-mull-rebuild

The creators were sent a photo of the vandalized robot collapsed among trash and dead leaves on the pavement in Philadelphia, its pool noodle arms ripped from its torso, its plastic cake saver skull and robot brain nowhere in sight. They decided not to share that image because it could be upsetting to some viewers.

To some crime experts, the tale of hitchBOT is a parable about American violence. Jeff Ferrell, a professor of sociology at Texas Christian University, wasn't surprised by the robot's demise.

"Culturally, there's sort of a meanness in the American soul that isn't present in Canada and other places, so in some ways I found it too typical," Ferrell said.

Researchers struggle to define what explains the differences between countries.

Factors blamed for violence are present in both the U.S. and Canada, but the U.S. has a higher rate of violent crime, experts said.

"There's certainly a different kind of culture in parts of the United States, and violence is kind of an expression of that culture, which you don't find in Canada," said Richard R. Bennett, professor of justice at American University.

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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f54139d21459425bb93e13c86d90c25a/creators-destroyed-hitchhiking-robot-mull-rebuild

The creators were sent a photo of the vandalized robot collapsed among trash and dead leaves on the pavement in Philadelphia, its pool noodle arms ripped from its torso, its plastic cake saver skull and robot brain nowhere in sight. They decided not to share that image because it could be upsetting to some viewers.

To some crime experts, the tale of hitchBOT is a parable about American violence. Jeff Ferrell, a professor of sociology at Texas Christian University, wasn't surprised by the robot's demise.

"Culturally, there's sort of a meanness in the American soul that isn't present in Canada and other places, so in some ways I found it too typical," Ferrell said.

Researchers struggle to define what explains the differences between countries.

Factors blamed for violence are present in both the U.S. and Canada, but the U.S. has a higher rate of violent crime, experts said.

"There's certainly a different kind of culture in parts of the United States, and violence is kind of an expression of that culture, which you don't find in Canada," said Richard R. Bennett, professor of justice at American University.

We let our mentally ill to walk the streets. And if they have a mental illness they dont get put into the data base for firearm purchases. Only criminals have to be in the data base. Not the mentally ill.

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Old James