American Dentist kills Endangered Lion in Zimbabwe.

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two different and incompatible mindsets at work here, "east is east, west is west, and never the twain shall meet."

yes, it would decidedly be worse because your life would have been foreshortened in the process.

I work in a hospital (and I think auntblabby was a medic). The mindset at the hospital is to keep everyone alive and healthy. I naturally include animals in that. As a child, I felt like an animal but did not identify with people. Anyway, it is so unnatural for me to think of being happy to cut a healthy life short. At least, Dillogic respects the animals. That is something. And is willing to put himself in a similar situation.

Incidentally, conservation of species with quota hunting would be a moderate stance if it's to be politicized.

Of note, has there been any actual verifiable facts from the case itself (other than Cecil being killed and the dentist paid for a hunting trip; best to take Zimbabwe "officials" with the biggest salt-lick you can find)?

Say:

Is it illegal to bait a creature? How so? Are there ways where it's not illegal (putting meat out on your property, which isn't targeting any specific animal)?

Cecil has been killed. How do they know the dentist did it? Did the guides say so?

How do they know Cecil was killed in such a way? The poor shot leading to the wounded Cecil with days of tracking before finishing it? Did the guides say this? How could they know this otherwise? The "science package" monitors the vitals so well and reports it real-time? Cecil ended up in the park after the wounding shot? The dentist and guides crossed boundaries to finish him off?

Did the dentist know the guides weren't operating legally?

How do they know Cecil's "scientific package" was tampered with by humans? Guides again?

Why would the guides give themselves up when it'd be very hard to figure out who actually killed Cecil?

If they did give themselves up, did they think they were operating lawfully to begin with?

Did they ID Cecil from the head? Was this because they turned it in to be processed legally? Why would they turn it in if they thought it wasn't lawful?

They found Cecil's corpse in the wild with the tracker still working? So, they didn't break it when they tampered with it?

Who found Cecil? When did they find Cecil? Where did they find Cecil? The scientist gave the last location/current location of the tracker? A dead lion will be eaten to bone pretty quickly in the wild. Did Cecil backtrack to the park after the initial wounding shot? Is that why someone found his remains?

So many questions, and as far as I can tell, the only way it could be connected is if the guides spoke up for some reason or they processed the lion normally.

Just a wee bit too soon to jump on the internet lynch train of the dentist IMO. (Unless you don't like any trophy hunters, of course.)

Since we're in an animal loving mode, how many of you animal lovers actually do anything for animals? I'm actively a Humane Society volunteer who makes time to work with shelter dogs every week rain or shine. Charity begins and home and I'm guessing none of us calls Zimbabwe home.