Should Cecil's Murderer Be Extradited?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33733722

[ukbod2015]

Hang him upside down by his dangly bits out where the lion was for a few hours might change his point of view and probably his singing voice to. never understood the mentality that wants to kill animals especially when there are so few left.

[agchristie]

Pity Cecil couldn't rise up again like mighty Aslan....

[DTCwordfan]

I don't believe there is an extradition treaty between the US and Zimb, as Bobby Mugabe has managed, in his wonderfully capable years as Pres/PM, to reduce them to the UN pariah status.....I maybe wrong but can anyone enlighten us on this diplomatic window - that, I think, has the shutters more than closed.

[jourdain2]

It can't be 'murder' (much as I feel it should be so classed in this case). I'm not stupid enough to think that animals do not need culling and that some types can be dangerous and some individuals need to be killed. The case of Cecil is horrific. He was no threat, not dangerous and a member of a dwindling species.

Even that offence pales when we see the way he was killed.

I'm glad the dentist is hounded, it will stop him and should stop others.

Extradition is difficult, but I've thought about it and 'why not'? Make a very clear signal to other trophy hunters.

[tonyav]

Apparently Walter Palmer wanted to kill a massive elephant after killing Cecil.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/cecil-hunter-walter-palmer-wanted-to-kill-an-elephant-after-killing-the-lion/ar-AAdJ0zZ

[jourdain2]

That really is scary, divebuddy. All the more reason why this chap should be pursured.

[venator]

This is just a moneymaking story puffed up by the Press to sell newspapers.

Thousands of animals are "legitimately" killed every year, and nobody cares or does anything about it - the Kenyan authorities pocket the tourist dosh.

This lion was "saleable and newsworthy".

Will they extradite the other hundreds of people who killed big game?

Crashing silence...

[jourdain2]

^^ pursued, sorry.

[Prudie]

It's a bitter pill to swallow but Venator is right.

[Peter Pedant]

// No, get a grip -he killed a lion he did not 'murder' anything.//

and everyone knows if you are a black Zimbabwean you can get away with anything up to and including murder

oops the hunter wasnt a black Zimbabweab .......

[Peter Pedant]

// Will they extradite the hundreds of people who killed big game? //

well the king of thpain lost his throne over the big cat HE shot

[Peter Pedant]

o while your pinko wet liberal hearts are bleeding
can you spare a thought for rhinos in oz project

http://theaustralianrhinoproject.org/images/pdf/1897_Rhino_12pp_Brochure_FA_Low_Res_Single_Pages.pdf

Giftaid available ffor those contributing in UK

[venator]

Divebuddy - spot on - they have to cull elephants, so why not make a few rands? out of it?

peter Pedant - It's late at night, I'm sure there's a good point there somewhere, but perhaps you should go make the cocoa now?

[venator]

Hi Peter - another puffed up money grabbing advert written by the press.

Charles Darwin wrote some good stuff about this too.

Some species which don't adapt will vanish, while others flourish. it happens

some years ago, you'd have been soliciting contributions to the "Save the Dinosaurs" charity