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 … Continue reading →
It has emerged that the Oxford University laboratory that was studying Cecil the lion with a radio collar is partly funded by companies which advocate sustainable trophy hunting. As a result of Cecil’s killing by Walter Palmer and his team … Continue reading →
This is Dame Jane Goodall’s statement about the well publicised and discussed shooting of Cecil the lion, a 13-year-old head of pride who was famous and a tourist attraction. Jane Goodall is famous as the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees … Continue reading →
This is almost at the opposite end of the spectrum to the crazy trophy hunting of lions in Africa. A lot of people are critical of Big Cat Rescue (BCR). I don’t buy their strident criticisms. This video shows good … Continue reading →
Now Cecil’s brother, Jericho, has been shot dead. I want to scream. I hate this damn world. I hate these people who kill for stupid reasons. What is wrong with people? Why are humans so crazy? Now that Jericho has … Continue reading →
It may happen. Zimbabwe’s Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri has said that Palmer should be extradited to Zimbabwe to face charges. She’s angry. As the Obama administration has received a 140,000 petition from American citizens requesting that Palmer is extradited to … Continue reading →
Although my deepest sympathies are with the family of the bereaved woman, there is a good aspect to this tragic story which you may have heard about. In brief, on June 1st, an American woman was visiting a South African … Continue reading →
“Descendants of the monstrous man-eating lions of Tsavo in Kenya, that devoured dozens of railway workers in 1890s, blamed for new attack.” (journalistic hype) The original Tsavo man-eating lions are immortalised in the display above at the Field Museum of … Continue reading →
Why is a lion the symbol of England? The answer must be that the early kings of England going back to the Norman dynasty, chose the lion as a badge or symbol of their courage and strength. The choice of a … Continue reading →
The Zambian authorities have lifted the ban on trophy hunting lions and leopards. On the face of it seems like a crazy decision because both species are under threat and both are endangered. Officially, the leopard is “Near Threatened” and … Continue reading →
