Everybody kept coming back to this idea and hitting on this idea that if it weren't for us, if it weren't for the hunters. Simon: Now, one of the things that surprised me right off the bat was talking to people. If we're not vigilant and engage this enemy, the most endangered species in America could be the American hunter. Let me tell you, we are at war brought on by the extreme radical environmental movement. We're going to have to suit up in our armor to go into battle, to protect our wildlife and our way of life. Let me tell you, we have and we will continue to speak, but we've got to go further than speaking. Our greatest conservation president Theodore Roosevelt said the wildlife and its habitat cannot speak for itself so we must. Speaker 13: Well, tonight I want to continue on a couple of thoughts that we touched on last night. Simon: As part of the expo, off this main floor there was a banquet hall where there was an MC who was working in the crowd. If you're having a good time, I want to hear a big yeehaw. Speaker 13: Well, this place is rocking and I hope you're having a good time. Simon: Camouflage clothing, apparel companies. Over 40,000 people there, gun manufacturers, there were bow makers, there were duck call makers. It's at this massive convention center called The Salt Palace.
I'm walking through this airplane hangar-sized room. This past February, I went to the Western hunting and conservation expo, sometimes referred to as the Super Bowl of hunting. This story really started from the in Salt Lake City. Robert: It comes from our producer, Simon Adler. This is a story about the strange relationship between wanting to hunt and kill an animal and wanting to save it. Jad: Today, we bring you a story that we hope will be a little bit of signal in all that noise. Speaker 11: What would happen if you were being hunted, motherfucker? Speaker 10: I want somebody to take fucking revenge. Speaker 9: May you fucking burn to death. Speaker 8: Do you know how fucking demented this motherfucker is? Speaker 6: "You are truly scum of the earth," wrote one. Jad: There were attacks all over social media and YouTube, and warning, this next minute contains some pretty strong language. Robert: He was forced to temporarily close his business. Speaker 4: Posting signs on the locked doors, branding him a coward and a killer.
Robert: Protesters gathered outside his office. Speaker 2: Backlash, threatening his livelihood now. Jad: People found out his home address, started sharing it online. Speaker 2: "Lion killer," the words painted on the home of Dr. Robert: Was the reaction from the public. Zimbabwe, where Cecil was killed, opened up an investigation. Immediately there were allegations of poaching. Jad: This is a pretty famous lion, the star of that park. Speaker 2: An African lion considered to be a national treasure in the country of Zimbabwe. Robert: -to get permission to hunt and kill a lion. Robert: As you probably know, over this past summer, a Minnesota dentist named Walter Palmer paid. Speaker 1: Our next story in perspective, it's as if someone had killed Lassie. Just before we're about to put it on the air, this happened. Jad: This is Radiolab, and today, a story that we've been working on for close to two years.
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