Zimbabwe's most famous lion, Cecil, is shot.

[cassity]

 

btw/

Why do these people need to hunt in the first place? He must have such low self-esteem if he has to kill animals to feel good about himself.

 

I think that's the point. In order for high self esteem you have to execute something, therefore he has high self esteem.

 

 

 

Or it could be sexual.

[SportsTrophy]

I reckon I could get £1,000 a shield for mounting pieces of Walter Palmer. Anyone want a shield to order?

[Celia Paul]

I think that's the point. In order for high self esteem you have to execute something, therefore he has high self esteem.

 

Or it could be sexual.

Really you are ill informed or of flawed opinion.

[ANGELFIRE1]

I always thought sport was been both teams/person, that there is an equal opportunity to win, I've never seen 2 boxers enter the ring, 1 with a knife and the other with his hands tied behind his back. So how on earth can this be called a sport, let call it what it is, an execution

 

It was a 35k execution. That will be the going rate for a lion. The Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Leopard and the Black/White Rhinoceros complete the big five which Hunters the world over pay dearly to shoot. The money is supposed to help the community, plus they get the meat to scoff.

 

Angel1.

[taxman]

It was a 35k execution. That will be the going rate for a lion, Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Leopard and the Black/White Rhinoceros complete the big five which Hunters the world over pay dearly to shoot. The money is supposed to help the community, plus they get the meat to scoff.

 

Angel1.

 

Oh, that one.

 

The £35k made by one private hunting company and the landowner is the same made in a week by a lodge in the National Park housing tourists who pay in excess of £5k to see and photograph the animals.

 

So, in 13 years of life Cecil made £23660000 by being alive, but he only made £35,000 by being shot. It's doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out he was worth more alive than dead.

 

Time's his worth by six if you consider his cubs, which could have gone on to make millions, but will probably be dead by now.

[krooner]

I think that's the point. In order for high self esteem you have to execute something, therefore he has high self esteem.

 

 

 

Or it could be sexual.

 

Yes, I do sometimes wonder what most psychiatrists would have to say about those who can't control the need to destroy, or witness the destruction of some other living thing, for fun.

[supersonic]

It's a good question...

 

I think it's probably hard to quantify; different animals inspire different levels of awe and reverence in people, maybe we consider certain animals to be more nobel or something?

 

There's also the significant issue of *why* an animal is being killed. If it's just to feed a persons' ego, then other people (myself included) tend not to like that.

 

Very good question. Many of us would happily squash a spider.

[cassity]

Really you are ill informed or of flawed opinion.

 

Must be a sexual thing then.

Edited July 30, 2015 by cassity

[Waldo]

In order for high self esteem you have to execute something, therefore he has high self esteem.

 

Not sure what you mean by that?

 

I'm not sure there's a link between having high self esteem, and needing to execute something.

 

In fact, I'd think the reverse is true; people who need to kill, in order to feel empowered, are acually missing something, psyhcologically or emotionally; they're not healthy well happy content individuals. Just my opinion.

[taxman]

Not sure what you mean by that?

 

I'm not sure there's a link between having high self esteem, and needing to execute something.

 

In fact, I'd think the reverse is true; people who need to kill, in order to feel empowered, are actually missing something, psyhcologically or emotionally; they're not healthy well happy content individuals. Just my opinion.

 

I'd go further, and say that if they need to shoot animals in the face to feel good, they must be severely lacking in other facets of life. Or are they are just psychopaths?

 

They may claim"it's legal". But so were other things in the past, like having sex with children, holding slaves and beating your wives.