We could use lion hair for wigs.

rawr

"Wild" is a pretty loose term. There are scores of private game reserves in SA that offer canned hunts. The private reserves need to be managed. The guide drives you out to the spot, tells you which lion to kill, and you kill it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3386878.html

Actual current price list from one of these places:

http://www.africanskyhunting.co.za/pricelist.html

Its all perfectly legal in SA.

None of this has anything to do with cowardice, which is apparently a really important factor in this to whoever wrote the Buzzfeed article and the people ITT complaining about how defenseless they are or bringing up "high powered rifle" like it matters what weapon she used or how much danger she was in.

So basically they need to be managed because they are bred to be managed.

Since my post above I've read they actually eat the lions though which is good.

That said, something about breeding a close to endangered species (in the wild) for the sole purpose of killing it seems bad. Also, I think we can all agree Michele Bachman's post about "stalking" the lion within 60 meters is pretty lol considering the buzzfeed article above.

All that said, I'm no bleeding heart and will probably eat a steak tonight.



Perhaps cowardly isn't the right word to describe her. She's more just a giant douchebag since she makes it seems like "stalking" a lion within 60 meters is some feat of courage when the buzzfeed article shows that really it isn't that impressive.

Not sure why people are upset.

Nobody owns a lion.

Nobody owns you either (ooh, trolling is fun).

Give credit where it's due.

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No! No! No! I don't want to live in a world where people think like this! Please say you're joking! Please say you're joking! Please say you're joking!

She killed 1 lion. Would people be as upset if she killed 0.999(repeating) lions?

Oh God!

Seriously am I the only ******* who thinks killing a lion and taking a picture with it would be awesome.

Seems like y'all are repeating the same points over and over.

According to that price list, you can pay 35k to be hand delivered an elephant to shoot and pose with 'the trophy'. WTF. What a fked up world

Seems good to me. If the wild population of lions collapses we'll have those lions around still to repopulate from. Seems way better than extinction.

So many hilarious levels of fail in this thread.

yeah that price list is nauseating

friend of mine that drills wells was just telling me about a place like that somewhat close to here. he's friends with one of the guides. dude told him
some of the people won't even shoot the animal and he ends up doing it for them. they just take the photo...prices i heard sounded pretty nuts too, especially for what amounts to getting a f'ing picture lol.

Yeah Laytonville has ranches that will let you hunt tule elk with a private landowner tag for $10k. Ridiculous.

this

What the market will bear.

I know a guy that goes to Africa for 6 weeks every year to hunt lions and **** with a 50 cal. Spends ****loads of money on garbage. If you've got it and don't want it, someone will take it. Killing has the highest price tag, no?

z4reio coming in with his sweet econ 90 knowledge

you just jelly