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Google them. Read the linked articles and comments about these brave warriors.

being gunned down by police.

Before anyone makes the assumption I don't care about Cecil's demise, I can assure them I find it as heinous a crime as the next person.

But I sure would like to see this level of outrage when people die needlessly as well.

instead of "proving their manhood" by killing animals. I think of idiots like Cheney hunting disabled quail and Palin shooting wolves from a helicopter when I think of a safari hunter. I don't think of a "real man."

Sarah is more manly than most.

hands of POC. What is going on that more has not been done on the issue of the police shootings? I am wondering it they do not have the tools they need to proceed? Why is there so much of this all across the country and nothing gets done?

I am not suggesting that the leaders do not care - I am asking why the agencies to not act even when their heads care?

take away his lion skin when it comes in the mail?

Perhaps he will have to work with fish and wildlife baby deer kill-team, for a couple months during fawn season, and get to kill any fawns private citizens have dared to rescue this year.

…it's extremely unlikely any trophies from this hunt will be allowed to enter the country. They're considered evidence in a criminal investigation.

I'm hoping this will go beyond public shaming of a certifiable dirtbag, whether he is prosecuted (here or in Zimbabwe) or not. I hope it will really put a big dent in demand for products made from endangered species. If there's shame associated with having a stuffed lion head, something made from elephant ivory, or a cheetah-skin coat - antiques are excepted - there will be fewer people hunting such animals (legally or otherwise).

I'm in East Africa at the moment. The Cecil killing has been in the news, but the five elephants poached for their ivory in Tsavo have gotten more attention. Two of the poachers have been caught, but the other two have not. As long as people think it's cool to have elephant ivory, poaching (and legal hunting where permitted) will continue.

has been going on forever. In Colorado we have frontpage stories in our newspapers about these "great hunters" and their huge trophy rooms. One article interviewed a 15 year old girl from Longmont whose parents had paid for these "sport" jaunts and has been honored for being the youngest person to kill all the Big Five African wild animals. Many African countries collect huge amounts of money from this "sport", much of it from the US.
The only reason it is not considered poaching is that the animals killed do not bring the millions of dollars that ivory brings.