look at miss piggy. i m serious. look at kermit the frog. we feel like we know these people they re not people but that s what we do we turn them into people. so now cecil is our guy, and cecil has a brother, and we re worried about cecil s family. i guess part of what i m trying to figure out is is this a good that then allows us to transfer this empathy, this sense of humanity to in fact a broader humanity, or is it a bad that keeps us only interested in the morally neutral land of non-human animals because we don t want to deal with the messiness of humanity. i think in terms of the big game, this has been marketed for a very long time. in southern africa they have five animals that poachers have given names to and they have called them the big five as you know in zimbabwe. it s thery rhinoceros it s the buffalo, it s these animals. we try to save them and we give
held accountable. those who promote his business have hit him with threats this week. and on line a petition gained 100,000 signatures. jimmy kimmel even asked for a heartfelt call for donations for the wildlife research unit. the big question is why are you shooting a lion in the first place? i m honestly curious to know why a human being would feel compelled to do that. how is that fun? if you want to make this into a positive, you can sorry okay. but amid the rallying calls for wildlife protection a reaction to compare the outrage of cecil s death to the outrage of black lives matter in the united states. that outrage over cecil comes the same week that relatives of samuel dubose buried their beloved after a police officer shot him on july 13. the distress of cecil s fate
he was also a study on wildlife conservation and was wearing a collar for research. despite this palmer paid two local guides right around $50,000 to help lure cecil away from the protection of the park where hunting is illegal. once out of the park palmer shot the lion with a crossbow and staukdlked the wounded animal for two days before shooting him dead. they cut off his head and skinned his body. he let out a statement this week saying, i had no idea the lion i took was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt. i deeply regret that my pursuit of an activity i love and practice responsibly and legally resulted in the taking of this lion. they will investigate palmer and wednesday the two zimbabwe men who helped him poach the lion, many say the dentist be
came the same month that sandra bland was added. capturing this concern, feminist author roxine gay wrote for the new york times on friday when people die in police custody or are killed by the police there are always those who wonder what the fallen did to deserve what befell them. he shouldn t have been walking down that street she should have been more polite with that police officer he shouldn t have been playing with that toy gun in the park. we don t consider asking such questions of a lion. we don t speculate why cecil was roaming the savannah. she says human beings are majestic creatures, too. may we learn to see this majesty in all of us. it s tempting to compare the suffering death of animals and the suffering death of black people as though they are in competition with one another and gain some zero ground for public
no student s ever photographed mean ms. colegrove. but your dell 2-in-1 laptop gives you the spunk for an unsanctioned selfie. that s that new gear feeling. get this high performance laptop bundle for only $399. office depot officemax. gear up for school. gear up for great. welcome back. i m melissa harris-perry. while visiting zimbabwe in early july american dentist walter palmer shot and killed a 13-year-old lion named cecil. when cecil s death was reported this week, the internet erupted. while big game hunting is in some places popular and legal, the specifics of this case have sparked international outrage. cecil was a major tourist attraction and something of a mascot at zimbabwe s largest game reserve.