When I went on safari, we stayed in the jeep whenever the guide thought big cats might be around.

Poor guy.

He probably saved the lives of the tourists in his death.

spent so much time reporting on this unfortunate lion and so little time reporting on the human victims and refugees of the proxy wars in Libya, Syria, Yemen, Gaza and Ukraine. We have entered into a state of media distraction. I feel for the lion and any animal that is killed needlessly by unfeeling sociopaths, but what about what our 'allies' like Saudi Arabia are doing to innocent civilians?
I mean, how much time has the media spent on this story? I would be curious to see the hours devoted to Cecil versus the hours devoted to exposing the plight of the victims of all of our wars.

Do you human lives not matter anymore?

The media has been covering those wars AND Cecil.

And, looking at an even bigger picture, Cecil's killing represented a much bigger loss to the lion population than individual human deaths do to our population.

The world has too many people and not enough lions. So, in a sense, Cecil is a bigger story.

Human arrogance causes wars and the extinction of other species. It's all part of the whole.

This lion has received tons more coverage than all those people dying in our proxy wars. The media isn't even referring to the refugees from the wars as refugees, they are labeling them as 'migrants'. They are coming from Libya and Syria. One lion is nowhere near as important as all those human lives. Give me a break.

That is not everyone's choice.

What was your previous nym?

"This lion has received tons more coverage than all those people dying in our proxy wars. .."

You then have an objective measure for this and will present it to us, or is your allegation based simply on your own viewing habits and personal inferences?

You are correct about the media coverage.

Welcome to DU, not everyone here is a jerk

My stay may be short lived if that is the general type of thinking around here. I love animals. I have three dogs myself, I am just pointing out the obvious. The death of one lion should not eclipse the deaths of tens (possibly hundreds) of thousands of people being killed in wars. The fact that our 'news' no longer covers the victims of those wars speaks quite loudy to the fact that we are being subjected to media propaganda and distraction (which is also a form of propaganda).

I feel for the lions, but there are many, many more important stories out there not being covered.

I hope your stay is *not* short-lived.

Welcome.

Pick up a book sometime.



http://www.vaclavsmil.com/wp-content/uploads/PDR37-4.Smil_.pgs613-636.pdf

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Some of the posts were really revolting about what some here wanted to happen to that hunter or all hunters.

It got so bad, I just stayed away.

To some here, animal lives are more important than human.

I am just pointing out an observation. One that I consider quite obvious. We have relatively no coverage of the victims of all these wars the US is financing. There is no coverage whatsoever of the victims being killed in Yemen and Libya by the Saudi and Libyan regimes that the US is supporting. I wonder why that is.


I just found this DU thread that also makes my point. http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016130772

Idiot guide basically engages in stalking behavior, following the lions on foot. Lion decides to hold his home ground and stand up for his family, so he (she?) charges. I just hope the locals don't punish the lion by killing it.

You do not stress wild, or even domestic, animals by presenting yourself as a threat to their young.

Lions fight back. Good for the lions.