A Michael Broad Blog
In his mind, this Australian politician and sport hunter lives in the age of hunter/gathers, a way of life and survival that essentially ended some 10,000 years ago although there are still pockets of it in countries such as Africa. In short his mentality is backward – eons backward. He says humans have a …
The killing of Cecil the lion by Walter Palmer and his cohorts did some good. It highlighted the need to tighten up the whole trophy hunting business and it is big business. To be frank we can’t rely on the governments of African states such as Zimbabwe where Cecil lived to change much. It …
By Jo Singer This past June, a beloved and highly popular lion named Cecil in Zimbabwe was brutally and illegally slain by Walter Palmer, D.D.S. It will be a long time before animal lovers will forget the huge impact that the murder of this majestic lion made on the public. Following the news of …
The answer to the question in the title is, No and I attempt to explain why below. It is ironic, though, that the story of Cecil the Zimbabwean lion killed by Dr Palmer and his cohorts has generated so much publicity online and in hard copy newspapers that quite unexpectedly his death has probably, …
I believe that all of us, both animal lovers and sport hunters have within us the ability to kill. We have the ability to kill humans and animals. It is a deeply embedded part of our psyche which comes from our ancient roots as hunter gatherers hundreds of thousands of years ago. At heart, …
This is about big Bob Parsons. He’s worth $1.85 billion mainly because he sold a large chunk of the company he founded, GoDaddy, in 2011. He is still the largest shareholder at 28% of the company. He was the CEO and until 2014 the Executive Chairman. I guess most of us who go online have …
It is good to see the hunted become the hunter especially when the normally hunted animal is a bobcat and the hunter is the human. Bobcats are heavily exploited (‘harvested’) for their glorious fur and have been for decades. God, I dream of an army of cats hunting and attacking sport hunters and devouring …
Why has there been quite a dramatic increase in women who hunt in the USA? The reason is that women are reclaiming their natural role in society as existed hundreds of thousands of years ago and which was squashed by males including scientists specializing in anthropology who presented the classic argument that men in …
