It saddened me greatly that the gorgeous Cecil the lion was murdered by this greedy and vain dentist. Both my daughters seeing the headlines obviously asked about it and were very upset. The 11 year old immediately replied that the dentist should be shot. My 4 year old was silent only to comment couple of hours later that it is a bad thing to kill animals.
The incident angered international community-rightly so. But what now angers me is people using this vile act to draw attention to other issues: we care about a single lion but not about: black lives, migrants, civil rights etc. What they’re saying is: you people are hypocrites! Caring about a lion rather than other important issues! What the hell do people writing these articles want to achieve? Make people feel regret for expressing their support for the need to protect endangered animals? Because frankly, these headlines will not make people feel/think/take actions for the issues counterpointed to killing the lion!
I don’t mean to sound insensitive or ignorant about other important issues around the world that require immediate actions but please leave the lion out of this! It is POSSIBLE to care for more than one thing! REALLY!
For me, what these comparisons do really, they’re taking attention away from very important issue-protecting wild animals that are being cruelly slaughtered by rich, vain people who then proudly post disgusting photos of their deeds! Because Cecil the lion wasn’t a single animal that this happened to! Not long ago the world has seen a beautiful giraffe being killed by an American huntress. The Internet is full of examples of such cruelties and disrespect to animals done EVERYDAY! And expression of public opinion is needed to stop it! To force our governments to take actions against individuals who are involved in these crimes, gangs that finance trade of ivory to Asia and finally other governments and even ONZ to react. Attention on Cecil’s killing is not an attention on a single lion but rather it’s an example that hundred of animals are being killed in a similar way. So, don’t take it away by saying there are more important issues to focus upon. It’s a lousy and shallow journalism as well as an obvious marketing trick. I’d even risk saying that it might be a clever way for a powerful lobby of gun supporters to not bring gun control issues yet again.
If any journalist or blogger want to get public attention on other important issue-do so by all means, roll up your sleeves and do a good job but leave the lion and the issue it represents out of it!
The incident angered international community-rightly so. But what now angers me is people using this vile act to draw attention to other issues: we care about a single lion but not about: black lives, migrants, civil rights etc. What they’re saying is: you people are hypocrites! Caring about a lion rather than other important issues! What the hell do people writing these articles want to achieve? Make people feel regret for expressing their support for the need to protect endangered animals? Because frankly, these headlines will not make people feel/think/take actions for the issues counterpointed to killing the lion!
I don’t mean to sound insensitive or ignorant about other important issues around the world that require immediate actions but please leave the lion out of this! It is POSSIBLE to care for more than one thing! REALLY!
For me, what these comparisons do really, they’re taking attention away from very important issue-protecting wild animals that are being cruelly slaughtered by rich, vain people who then proudly post disgusting photos of their deeds! Because Cecil the lion wasn’t a single animal that this happened to! Not long ago the world has seen a beautiful giraffe being killed by an American huntress. The Internet is full of examples of such cruelties and disrespect to animals done EVERYDAY! And expression of public opinion is needed to stop it! To force our governments to take actions against individuals who are involved in these crimes, gangs that finance trade of ivory to Asia and finally other governments and even ONZ to react. Attention on Cecil’s killing is not an attention on a single lion but rather it’s an example that hundred of animals are being killed in a similar way. So, don’t take it away by saying there are more important issues to focus upon. It’s a lousy and shallow journalism as well as an obvious marketing trick. I’d even risk saying that it might be a clever way for a powerful lobby of gun supporters to not bring gun control issues yet again.
If any journalist or blogger want to get public attention on other important issue-do so by all means, roll up your sleeves and do a good job but leave the lion and the issue it represents out of it!
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