It's all leading to "The Hunger Game" in more than one way
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Brandon Jacobs involved in New Jersey ‘Death Race 2012' scandal
....We're talking about the police basically sponsoring an activity that lets rich people put the public in serious danger. We're talking about the police saying, "Yes, it's OK for this Lamborghini owner to use your Aunt Martha's Pontiac Aztek as his own personal racing cone."
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African big game poaching surges on Asian affluence
By Jonny Hogg and Ed Stoddard | Reuters – 56 mins ago
Article: Factbox: Big animals have big poaching problem56 mins ago
KINSHASA/KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa (Reuters) - The hit job was done by professionals who swooped over their quarry in a helicopter before opening fire.
The scene beneath the rotor blades would have been chilling: panicked mothers shielding their young, hair-raising screeches and a mad scramble through the blood-stained bush as bullets rained down from the sky.
When the shooting was over, 22 elephants lay dead, one of the worst such killings in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo in living memory. |
