Dentist Shoots Lion A dentist was hunting in Africa early July and shot a village’s favorite lion and is now in hiding to stay away from angry mobs. The dentist went underground so no one could call him or be around him. News reporters knocked on the door of his house, but no one answered. Cecil’s killing does not appear to be the first time the dentist has gotten into trouble while hunting for animal prizes. The dentist had stayed out of public sight while protesters and some patients targeted his office and his house. In addition to the protesters, the dentist had been targeted on social media, which he says has been tough on his wife and daughter who both felt threatened The name of the lion was Cecil. A horde of Cecil’s supporters wants to cut off the dentist’s head and mounted on a public wall. The saddest part of all is that now that Cecil is dead, the next Lion to be the fan favorite will most likely kill all Cecil's cubs so that he can insert his own bloodline into the females. …show more content…
The lion didn’t immediately die, it then lived another 40 hours until the hunters tracked him down and shot him with a gun. The lion was then skinned and beheaded. The tourist lured the lion out of the place with an animal attached to a car. The hunters tried to destroy the GPS collar that the lion was wearing. Both the guide and the property owner in Zimbabwe have been charged with participating in an illegal hunt. They both are looking at the possibility of jail time. But at this point it does not appear the country will seek to extradite Walter Palmer, nor charge him with any
Nowadays, Americans find violence entertaining. It is recorded, viewed, and shared constantly. In Don DeLillo’s short story, “Videotape” a young girl recorded a man that was shot while driving in a car; the video was shown on the news repetitively. The short story revolves around a man at home attentively watching the video; he continuously called on his wife to watch the video with him. This videotape represents how everyone is being desensitized to violence, how there is a growing obsession with violence, and how quickly life can be taken away.
Did you know that the number of lions has dropped by over 300,000 over the past 50 years, or that the lions in Africa are losing their habitat? In the Scope Magazine article, Attack of the Man-Eaters, by Lauren Tarshis— Colonel J. H. Patterson was a British engineer who was building a railroad in Africa in the late 1800’s. He had no idea what sort of terrors he would face during his journey. In the other Scope article, Meet the Lion Whisperer by Susan Orlean, a man named Kevin Richardson shares his amazing story of the bonds he has with his lion friends. Throughout both articles, they have many similarities and differences.
In the article "Death Of Beloved Lion Heats Up Criticism Of Big Game Hunting." NPR. NPR, n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2016. it displays the horror that was led to believe that cecil’s killing was non negotiable. Evidence In the article it begins to explain the episodes beginning to happen due to the cause of the death. From the actions of the Dr.
The boy is safe. Isn’t that what we wanted? But in return a gorilla a part of an endangered species is now dead. The zoo took many precautions so things like these wouldn’t happen. But it did. Should the parents have watched their son a little closer? Should the zookeepers have dealt with this in a different manner? I think that what’s done is done but for future mishaps, situations like these need to be dealt with
“Until lions tell their stories, tales of hunting will glorify the hunter.” - African Proverb
A little over a year ago there was a public outcry over the death of an African lion by the name of Cecil. Cecil was an alpha male who lived in a national park in Zimbabwe. He was a popular animal for park visitors and was tracked by the wildlife
In this article the author used a variety of rhetorical devices in order to inform readers of a great issue at hand; some hunting has become an awful institution. It was not difficult for the author to quickly connect to the audience emotionally as Cecil’s saddening story was revealed in a great depth. The author revealed how Cecil the lion was shot with a bow and arrow and wounded for a brutal two days before he was shot and killed by Minnesota dentist, Walter J. Palmer. The author revealed this in the quote that states, “Cecil, a well-known lion at a national park in zimbabwe, was lured out of the park and shot with a bow and arrow earlier this month. The arrow didn’t kill him...the hunters tracked the wounded animal for the next two days before shooting him with a gun.” Revealing Cecil’s inhumane death most definitely establishes a very despairing tone and will spark an emotional reaction from readers. The fact that this lion suffered as he was tortured over a three day period made this situation even more saddening. Not only was Cecil’s death a horrible crime but the fact that he endured
Although the new pen does create a slightly better environment for the lions than the horse trailer, it does not equate to the environment that the lions could be living in in the wild. The lions go on to live in the pen for some time, but tragedy soon comes about. After a steady rain storm, a faulty electrical system in close proximity to the pen sends a strong current throughout the ground within it. Terry notices that his male lion, Lambert, is not acting normal, jumping around and carrying on. Terry does not realize that Lambert is being electrocuted. Lambert soon dies from the electric shocks in the pen. Terry, although very upset with himself, continues to keep his female lion and her cubs in the pen. Several months later, Terry eventually realizes that the pen is not the best place for the lions and has them transported to a wildlife sanctuary. But it is too late. An innocent lion had already died due to Terry’s unreasonable living environment for his exotic “pets”. Lions are not meant to be kept as pets, and Terry doing so causes destruction of nature, in his case keeping lions from their natural habitat, eventually turning lethal to one. All of this could have been avoided if Terry didn’t go to extreme, and sometimes unreasonable, means out of love for his
In Heather Wilhelm’s “Cecil the Lion and America’s Broken Outrage Meter,” written in 2015, the killing of Africa’s most beloved lion is discussed and tried. Cecil the Lion is one of Zimbabwe’s most famous animals and is located on his own natural preserve. Dr. Walter James Palmer, dentist from Minnesota, hired a group of “professional guides” to assist him in the hunting of the king of the jungle. Palmer says he did not know of Cecil the lion and only wanted to sportily hunt the animal, not to cruelly murder him. This controversy has been going on for over 3 months now on what really happened and who is responsible for the bloodshed of the famous lion. Celebrities such as Sharon Osbourne, Jimmy Kimmel, and even PETA themselves have suggested
New York Times contributor, Goodwell Nzou, in his article, “In Zimbabwe, We Don’t Cry for Lions,” he effectively claims that lions should be seen as a dangerous figure rather than a sympathetic controversy. Nzou supports this claim asserting that lions actually kill people and aren’t lovable creatures like the media presents them. He uses an example to appeal to pathos when stating, “In my village in Zimbabwe, surrounded by wildlife conservation areas, no lion has ever been beloved, or granted an affectionate nickname. They are objects of terror.” The use of this example allows the audience to understand and grasp on what the author’s first hand experience in the situation.
The lions scrutinize their prey through the tall, dead grass ready to attack. They slowly creep towards their prey; eyes gleaming with hunger. The lion streak towards their victim, leaping to rip the creature apart. In the story, “The Veldt”, by Ray Bradbury, a nursery created a fake African veldt to keep the kids entertained. The kids are then addicted to the “game” and complain when their parents want to shut it off. The kids lock their mom and dad in the nursery with the African creatures. Africa is the most frightening part of “The Veldt” for many reasons including: how the veldt changes the children, the way Africa is interacting with the humans, and how much violence the creatures show.
We have written this paper to gain insight on lions in captivity and establish the differences between lions in the wild and in zoos. The paper will focus on the mental, behavioural and physical effects, while also stating how zoos are involved in conservation.
The two stories, from the modern days of 1898 and the modern times today, these stories have some similarities and some differences. This all starts out in the late 1800s when a man named Colonel J. H. Patterson first arrives in the African city of Mombassa. He said the the grass was green and everything was fresh. But he didn’t know that soon the air would be filled with screams. Patterson went to Africa to build a 600-mile-long Uganda Railroad. That night the men went to sleep with screaming in the air. Night after night two male lions were stalking into the camp, dragging men away, and eating them. This kept happening, the lions killed 75 men or so, but Patterson would’t let this happen any longer. So he set up a shooting platform that night, then he heard a branch crack, the lion was staking
The author uses pathos to get people to feel sympathy for the family in the village who lost their son when he got mauled by a lion. This quote greatly supports the author's purpose for writing this article. Finally he supports this claim asserting people are too ignorant to make a feasible claim about the situation. He uses diction and parallel structure to appeal to pathos when stating, “Don’t tell us what to do with our animals when you allow your own mountain lions to be hunted to near extinction in the eastern United States. Don’t bemoan the clear-cutting of our forest when you turn yours into concrete jungles.” The author uses parallel structure when repeating, “Don’t “ to emphasise his overall point. He also uses diction to assert his claim when he uses the words, “extinction, bemoan, and concrete jungles”. He specifically used these words to get us to feel the injustice about how the Americans are acting about Cecil’s death. Overall, Nzou combines his condemnatory and critical tone with these appeals to effectively point out to the people who are “crying” about Cecil’s death that lions are harmful to people and killing lions happens all the time in the area. This article would be informative to the public who are outraged about Cecil’s death and
Majestic, noble, and brave, this famous iconic wild animal on the planet has captivated the people since the beginning of time. They are most feared by other animals thus, known as the king of the jungle – no other than the lions. Member of the genus Panthera, the lion is one of the big cats in the Felidae family. A lion’s head and body size average about 4.5 to 6.5 feet and tail of about 26 to 40 inches in length. A lion also weighs about 265 up to 420 pounds and a size relative to a 6-foot human. These mammals are also carnivores. Lions have always seen hunting in groups called pride. While lions generally avoid a full-grown elephant, lions still prefer their preys large like the zebras, buffaloes, and giraffes. Poised as the top animal in the ecological pyramid, lions have strong physical qualities, fascinating reputation, and an unfortunate decreasing number of population.