Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — are owned by the National Rifle Association, even though the NRA no longer represents hunters and sportsmen
You sure nra doesn't represent hunters & sportsmen, or maybe just not officially? I'll bet they'd come to his rescue if
this hunter's guns were taken away for 'hunting'.
Maybe Africa can do something about exposing & prosecuting gun nut hunters where America cannot. I think we can all agree this minnesota dentist who shot the lion for 'sport' is a pretty sick gunnut more interested in trophy game killing, big heads for his home. Even tho it's usually hard to get upset over the death of a lion, the circumstances make it so.
Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said in a statement that Walter James Palmer of Eden Prairie, Minn., paid at least $50,000 to track and kill the animal. According to police, Palmer will face charges of poaching.. the president of the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe, said that Palmer's whereabouts are currently unknown.
The conservation group and Zimbabwean authorities said that Palmer ultimately killed, Cecil, a protected lion and one of the most famous animals at the Hwange National Park. Cecil was fitted with a GPS collar and tracked by the Oxford University research program..
The conservation group alleges that Palmer worked with the guides to lure Cecil from the national park to an unprotected area by strapping a "dead animal to their vehicle." Once the animal was off the national park land, Palmer allegedly shot Cecil with a bow and arrow, but did not kill him. The group then tracked the wounded animal for 40 hours, ultimately shooting and killing him, Rodrigues said. Cecil was skinned and beheaded.
"The saddest part of all is that now that Cecil is dead, the next lion in the hierarchy...will most likely kill all Cecil's cubs so that he can insert his own bloodline into the females," Rodrigues said.
this is not the first time Palmer has been in trouble for hunting. Palmer agreed to plead guilty in 2008 for lying to a federal agent about where he shot a black bear in Wisconsin. He was fined $3,000 and received probation.
Palmer is properly licensed and able to practice in the state, according to the Minnesota Board of Dentistry. Board records show that Palmer was the subject of a sexual harassment complaint settled in 2006, with Palmer admitting no wrongdoing and agreeing to pay a former receptionist more than $127,000.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/07/28/minnesota-dentist-walter-james-palmer-cecil-lion-africa/30785881/
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