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  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,225
    Don't lions like head then?
  • I posted this on another thread yesterday...Tough one really. Goes without saying any of the wealthy trophy hunters deserve what they get.

    With poachers (excuse my ignorance) I'd imagine it's purely poverty driven and out of desperation to feed themselves or their kids? May be wrong though and if just done out of greed then I'd have no sympathy.
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,485
    That perked me up.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    This made me smile last night. Karma is a bitch and I hope it really hurt
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,976

    I posted this on another thread yesterday...Tough one really. Goes without saying any of the wealthy trophy hunters deserve what they get.

    With poachers (excuse my ignorance) I'd imagine it's purely poverty driven and out of desperation to feed themselves or their kids? May be wrong though and if just done out of greed then I'd have no sympathy.

    Exactly my thoughts.
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,195
    Hopefully it's part of a new initiative by Africa's lion community. They need to get stuck into the American hunters asap.
  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    Make Africa Great Again
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    "They can ran at over 80kph and there are less than 20000 left in the wild in Africa"

    Is there some rule that states you're not allowed to write articles for the Evening Standard unless you make basic writing mistakes?
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    That whole sentence has about five ands in it, truly magnificent
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  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Unlike the poor poacher, who ended up with none :)
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    edited February 2018
    Great stuff and nice change to see the Lions taking responsibility and not blaming West Ham or lying media. ;)
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,017
    Having recently returned from 3.5 weeks in SA with 4 days on a private game reserve, this made me bloody smile when I read this yesterday.

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    They are absolutely magnificent creatures. These are the ones I saw!
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,254
    edited February 2018

    I posted this on another thread yesterday...Tough one really. Goes without saying any of the wealthy trophy hunters deserve what they get.

    With poachers (excuse my ignorance) I'd imagine it's purely poverty driven and out of desperation to feed themselves or their kids? May be wrong though and if just done out of greed then I'd have no sympathy.

    Well yes I guess that's a possibility but if you're hunting/poaching to feed your family would you be doing it in lion country ? There must be easier options I would have thought & if he was on his own he must have had a vehicle to carry his "dinner". no need to creep about in the bush I wouldn't have thought.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    Well that’s cheered me up......hope there’s more to come.
    After all, it’s their world.....their heritage their place on earth to exist and be at peace.
    You go there at your peril.
  • I posted this on another thread yesterday...Tough one really. Goes without saying any of the wealthy trophy hunters deserve what they get.

    With poachers (excuse my ignorance) I'd imagine it's purely poverty driven and out of desperation to feed themselves or their kids? May be wrong though and if just done out of greed then I'd have no sympathy.

    Not necessarily poverty driven cos poachers very often found not to be local. Greed and the attraction of big returns lures scumbags to take big risks.
    Having spent some time in SA and having met people from rural communities, there is very little sympathy for the poachers. The belief is many are attracted into unfamiliar areas. Many communities depend on the reserves and attendant tourism for their livelihoods. Of far greater attraction to less well off local family men are the dangers of mining, where earnings can be good but the conditions will certainly be life shortening.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,048
    Great to see the lions arming themselves and shooting back! :smile:

    Had the "victim" been American, I am sure Trump and the NRA would approve...after all, the only way to protect against bad guys with guns is for the good guys to have more!!
  • Great news, well done the Lions.
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,254

    Great news, well done the Lions.

    No one likes them anymore ................................................. but they don't care
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  • Great news, well done the Lions.

    No one likes them anymore ................................................. but they don't care
    Not those Lions.
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    Oh ffs
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