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Male lions have no part of raising cub lions. The cubs are part of a pride and the male helps the lionesses protect the pride. Nice try though
Already posted it for you No Information Voters.Sure, Just like he didn't know the bear HE was dragging 40 miles back from where it was shot couldn't be shot where it was shot.Oh for fucks sake!
There are already laws regarding big game hunting and what can and cant be brought back.
If you poach an animal you more than likely wont be able to get it back to the states anyway because you wont have the proper permits.
Poaching...it's already illegal.
Yes, usually it it - if you're caught. However, dentist Walter Palmer thought he outsmarted the wildlife authorities by baiting Cecil off the protected Hwange national park. That's akin to baiting protected animals out of a zoo.
His guides did that. From what I understand he didnt know he was shooting a lion named Cecil.
Hadnt heard that. Got a link?
Meanwhile due to deference to foreign interests and this irrational fear of being labeled as racist, the black market for animal parts such as the gall bladders of Bears being shipped to Asian countries, (China and Korea) is permitted to go one virtually unchecked.
New bill aims to prevent Cecil's hunter from importing his trophy.
WASHINGTON - Four Democratic senators announced Friday that they will introduce a bill named for the beloved Zimbabwean lion Cecil, who was killed by an American trophy hunter earlier this month.
The Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large (CECIL) Animal Trophies Act would extend current U.S. import and export restrictions on animal trophies to include species that have been proposed for listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Current law provides protection only for species whose status on the list has been finalized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and it can take over a year for the agency to complete an assessment.
Democrats Bob Menendez (N.J.), Cory Booker (N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Ben Cardin (Md.) are co-sponsoring the legislation. Click here to read the full text of the bill.
“Cecil’s death was a preventable tragedy that highlights the need to extend the protections of the Endangered Species Act," Menendez said in a statement on Friday. "When we have enough concern about the future of a species to propose it for listing, we should not be killing it for sport." In a similar statement, Blumenthal called the hunting of endangered species "a reprehensible and repugnant act."
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has already proposed adding the African lion to the list of species covered by the Endangered Species Act, but the agency has yet to finalize the designation. The CECIL Act would ensure that species under consideration for protection are automatically covered by the tightest import restrictions on sport hunted trophies.
In the case of Cecil, this would mean that the Minnesota dentist who shot and killed the lion, identified as Walter Palmer, would need a special permit directly from the U.S. secretary of the interior in order to import a trophy of Cecil from Zimbabwe to the United States.
According to news reports, Palmer left Cecil's carcass in the Zimbabwean bush, taking with him only the animal's skin and head, ostensibly to have them mounted into a replica trophy for display.
The death of the 13 year-old African lion has sparked global outrage, and prompted a request by the government of Zimbabwe to have Walter Palmer extradited to the country to face potential poaching charges.
More: Senators Introduce CECIL Act After Outcry Over Killed African Lion
Sounds like a good start.
Oh..Now we're suspending the 8th Amendment's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment"?.....Only for the non politically correct?A law should be put in place that bans all hunting of rare animals...If there's less then 10,000 of such species the punishment should be harsh.
20 years in prison.
I agree - doing hard labor!
Meanwhile due to deference to foreign interests and this irrational fear of being labeled as racist, the black market for animal parts such as the gall bladders of Bears being shipped to Asian countries, (China and Korea) is permitted to go one virtually unchecked.
New bill aims to prevent Cecil's hunter from importing his trophy.
WASHINGTON - Four Democratic senators announced Friday that they will introduce a bill named for the beloved Zimbabwean lion Cecil, who was killed by an American trophy hunter earlier this month.
The Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large (CECIL) Animal Trophies Act would extend current U.S. import and export restrictions on animal trophies to include species that have been proposed for listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Current law provides protection only for species whose status on the list has been finalized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and it can take over a year for the agency to complete an assessment.
Democrats Bob Menendez (N.J.), Cory Booker (N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Ben Cardin (Md.) are co-sponsoring the legislation. Click here to read the full text of the bill.
“Cecil’s death was a preventable tragedy that highlights the need to extend the protections of the Endangered Species Act," Menendez said in a statement on Friday. "When we have enough concern about the future of a species to propose it for listing, we should not be killing it for sport." In a similar statement, Blumenthal called the hunting of endangered species "a reprehensible and repugnant act."
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has already proposed adding the African lion to the list of species covered by the Endangered Species Act, but the agency has yet to finalize the designation. The CECIL Act would ensure that species under consideration for protection are automatically covered by the tightest import restrictions on sport hunted trophies.
In the case of Cecil, this would mean that the Minnesota dentist who shot and killed the lion, identified as Walter Palmer, would need a special permit directly from the U.S. secretary of the interior in order to import a trophy of Cecil from Zimbabwe to the United States.
According to news reports, Palmer left Cecil's carcass in the Zimbabwean bush, taking with him only the animal's skin and head, ostensibly to have them mounted into a replica trophy for display.
The death of the 13 year-old African lion has sparked global outrage, and prompted a request by the government of Zimbabwe to have Walter Palmer extradited to the country to face potential poaching charges.
More: Senators Introduce CECIL Act After Outcry Over Killed African Lion
Sounds like a good start.
Oh..Now we're suspending the 8th Amendment's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment"?.....Only for the non politically correct?A law should be put in place that bans all hunting of rare animals...If there's less then 10,000 of such species the punishment should be harsh.
20 years in prison.
I agree - doing hard labor!
You fucking lefties are such hypocrites.
Amazing.....our paid politicians will always jump to the moment when it comes to PP, murdered animals, ACA....but you try to get these worthless motherfuckers to address police brutality against minorities in this country and you can hear a feather drop.
How about the "STOP MURDERING MINORITIES FOR STUPID SHIT ACT"?
Oh for fucks sake!
There are already laws regarding big game hunting and what can and cant be brought back.
If you poach an animal you more than likely wont be able to get it back to the states anyway because you wont have the proper permits.
Poaching...it's already illegal.
What is really sad, we have two people not caring for each other because of the color of there skin. The lion was better of these three.
Already posted it for you No Information Voters.Sure, Just like he didn't know the bear HE was dragging 40 miles back from where it was shot couldn't be shot where it was shot.Oh for fucks sake!
There are already laws regarding big game hunting and what can and cant be brought back.
If you poach an animal you more than likely wont be able to get it back to the states anyway because you wont have the proper permits.
Poaching...it's already illegal.
Yes, usually it it - if you're caught. However, dentist Walter Palmer thought he outsmarted the wildlife authorities by baiting Cecil off the protected Hwange national park. That's akin to baiting protected animals out of a zoo.
His guides did that. From what I understand he didnt know he was shooting a lion named Cecil.
Hadnt heard that. Got a link?
Photos Show Dentist Who Killed Cecil The Lion With Poached Bear
Dr. Walter Palmer was fined nearly $3,000 after trying to cover it up.
New photos show the grisly spoils from an illegal hunt in which the American dentist who killed Cecil the lion unlawfully brought down a black bear.
The photos of the 2006 hunt in the woods of northern Wisconsin show Dr. Walter Palmer with the carcass of a large black bear. He obtained a permit to hunt in one county, but shot and killed the bear 40 miles out of bounds, according to ABC News' "20/20", which obtained the images via FOIA request.
U.S. Attorney John Vaudreuil told "20/20" that Palmer and his guides knew they were in the wrong. Vaudreuil said Palmer offered his companions hush money.
"He was offering to pay, it turns out, about $20,000 to keep the others who were in the hunt, to have them lie, so that’s a fairly aggressive cover-up,” Vaudreuil said.
But the guides wouldn't lie. In 2008, Palmer was fined $2,939 and placed on one year of probation for lying to federal authorities twice about where he shot the bear.
More: Photos Show Dentist Who Killed Cecil The Lion With Poached Bear
This confirms that dentist Walter Palmer has a history of premeditated poaching.
