"Canned" lion attack American hunter


	"Canned" lion attack American hunter

michellezm

6-19-2007 4:05 AM

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lions, animals, fauna, south africa, hunting

michellezm says:

One for the lion! "The rest of the hunters looked on petrified" - good, now they know what those animals feel! I despise trophy hunters. They are sadists and cowards!

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6-23-2007 12:14 PM

Wadard

Totally. Send Luis out with a spear and nothing else, if he really wants to kill the lion and stuff it. Make it a fair fight.

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