Drama around Cecil the Lion!

Ever since the news broke on the demise of Cecil the Lion, I am trying my best to get engulfed deep in emotions and trying to get sad, however I don't feel a tinge of any major and life changing sadness I am just being honest. However, what actually makes me sad is the realization that how misdirected people's emotions are. Almost a billion people everyday go hungry in one way or the other, seldom I would see a late night comedy host, Jimmy Kimmel in this Cecil case, shedding tears or getting choked up on the human misery of present.

Ok, I can acknowledge that Ceil had a celebrity status and he was a lion, but when I saw him play around his cubs, his interactions around his pride in general, his aimless wandering....all of it simply made me realize I am watching just another animal, and nothing special! Goats, cows, pigs, all pretty much do the same stuff, and, yes, they are not as good looking as Cecil, but nonetheless they all are animals. I see no distinction between a special breed of animal and not so special. We consume tons of animals everyday, cook them in spices and soups and whatnot, and then we have these powerful emotions to make this Cecil issue not only a national but a global one.

I wish only if all these protestors, big celebrities, leaders of different nations could invest half of as much interest as they expressed in Cecil in making the conditions of the poor better over lamenting the loss of an animal of "Iconic" status...what a load of lion's crap!

People love drama, protests, hanging out on the streets under the pretext of raising their voice against the so called injustice, but the same people can leave a hungry man go hungry and walk him by, sometimes insulting or dispensing a prudent advice for him to go and work but don't spare a dime. But OMG, if some good looking and famous lion has been killed, OMG, this event has turned their lives upside down. And instead of demanding the head of the so called Dentist hunter, demand your governments to go full throttle and use the military might to wipe out the real hunters of humanity like ISIS and to direct more food aid to the millions of people around the globe. Lions, elephants, pandas, goats, cows, chickens....just let them be where they are and how they are, dead or alive!