PETA wants dentist who killed Cecil the Lion put to death
July 29, 2015
For the past few days the sad, awful story of Cecil the Lion, who was allegedly lured from his sanctuary in Zimbabwe and illegally shot by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer, has been everywhere.
Palmer has been rightfully condemned for his actions and will hopefully face legal consequences, nevertheless PETA’s official statement, direct from its president Ingrid Newkirk is shocking. In it Newkirk decries the illegal killing of Cecil the Lion but, disturbingly, appears to advocate an eye-for-an-eye approach to justice, saying of Palmer: “He needs to be extradited, charged, and, preferably, hanged.”
The statement from PETA reads in full:
For Immediate Release:
July 28, 2015
Hunting is a coward’s pastime. If, as has been reported, this dentist and his guides lured Cecil out of the park with food so as to shoot him on private property, because shooting him in the park would have been illegal, he needs to be extradited, charged, and, preferably, hanged. To get a thrill at the cost of a life, this man gunned down a beloved lion, Cecil with a high-powered weapon. All wild animals are beloved by their own mates and infants, but to hunters like this overblown, over-privileged little man, who lack empathy, understanding, and respect for living creatures, they are merely targets to kill, decapitate, and hang up on a wall as a trophy. The photograph of this dentist, smiling over the corpse of another animal, who, like Cecil, wanted only to be left in peace, will disgust every caring soul in the world.
— PETA President Ingrid Newkirk
Read more:
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/257559/peta-wants-dentist-who-killed-cecil-the-lion-put-to-death/
If only the granola crunching-tree hugging liberals became half as excited about the murder and selling of unborn baby body parts as they do when a animal is killed.
On a related note: I'd love to have a trophy room like this:
July 29, 2015
For the past few days the sad, awful story of Cecil the Lion, who was allegedly lured from his sanctuary in Zimbabwe and illegally shot by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer, has been everywhere.
Palmer has been rightfully condemned for his actions and will hopefully face legal consequences, nevertheless PETA’s official statement, direct from its president Ingrid Newkirk is shocking. In it Newkirk decries the illegal killing of Cecil the Lion but, disturbingly, appears to advocate an eye-for-an-eye approach to justice, saying of Palmer: “He needs to be extradited, charged, and, preferably, hanged.”
The statement from PETA reads in full:
For Immediate Release:
July 28, 2015
Hunting is a coward’s pastime. If, as has been reported, this dentist and his guides lured Cecil out of the park with food so as to shoot him on private property, because shooting him in the park would have been illegal, he needs to be extradited, charged, and, preferably, hanged. To get a thrill at the cost of a life, this man gunned down a beloved lion, Cecil with a high-powered weapon. All wild animals are beloved by their own mates and infants, but to hunters like this overblown, over-privileged little man, who lack empathy, understanding, and respect for living creatures, they are merely targets to kill, decapitate, and hang up on a wall as a trophy. The photograph of this dentist, smiling over the corpse of another animal, who, like Cecil, wanted only to be left in peace, will disgust every caring soul in the world.
— PETA President Ingrid Newkirk
Read more:
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/257559/peta-wants-dentist-who-killed-cecil-the-lion-put-to-death/
If only the granola crunching-tree hugging liberals became half as excited about the murder and selling of unborn baby body parts as they do when a animal is killed.
On a related note: I'd love to have a trophy room like this:
