Ron Are your serious??? You just don't get the point at all. Only very rarely do people leave me virtually speechless , but this is one such occassion It's got nothing at all to do with "the succession of the alpha lion" or lionesses or anything else It's about this dentist , this creature, for want of a better word, this excuse for a human being who paid $55.000 to first lure out and then murder an endangered and protected wild animal just for the simple fun of it. Not only that, but he's done the same thing a number of times before. To date right minded people have roundly condemmed this piece of scum and his actions and he has, as far as I can determine, one supporter, namely yourself. R > Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD I have signed this as I'm deeply saddened by what occured > From: juderon@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 07:59:28 +1200 > CC: cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com > To: ulsterancestry@hotmail.com; fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com > > As obnoxious and despicable as the act of luring and killing the lion was, to be honest, neither myself, my wife or any of our friends had actually heard of this 'most famous' lion. > > As I understand it, Cecil and his brother had a big scrap a few years ago with the previous alpha lion... the previous alpha killed the brother and then had to be put down after being savaged by Cecil who became the new Alpha... that's how politics works in the lion world. > > The good news is that male lions tend to rule over prides consisting of multiple lionesses so another male or males will scrap it out and step up and take over the pride... Cecil's demise won't affect future lion populations... on that score, female lions are obviously much more valuable... a lot less wow factor, but more valuable nevertheless. > > Sometimes despicable acts like this need to occur to change culture... in which case this act may well end up saving many threatened wild animals lives which can only be a good thing... > > Ron > > On 30/07/2015, at 1:34 AM, Ulster Ancestry via wrote: > > > On > > July 1, Cecil the lion, one of the most famous and inoffensive animals in one of Zimbabwe's > > national parks, was shot by a bow hunter. The hunter was a dentist from > > Minnesota who paid $55,000 for a permit before shooting the 13-year-old > > big cat. > > > > > > > > I just signed a Care2 petition demanding justice for Cecil. Will you sign too? > > Here's a link to the petition. > > > > best regardsRobert > > > > > > > > e:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; > > mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#494949; > > mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">On > > July 1, Cecil the lion, one of the most famous and inoffensive animals in one of Zimbabwe's > > national parks, was shot by a bow hunter. The hunter was a dentist from > > Minnesota who paid $55,000 for a permit before shooting the 13-year-old > > big cat. > > > > > > > > I just signed a Care2 petition demanding justice for Cecil. Will you sign too? > > Here's a link to the petition. > > > > best regardsRobert > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================== > > http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >