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Botany

(70,483 posts)
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 11:36 AM Dec 2017

Canada TV personality Steve Ecklund shoots cougar, sparking backlash

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42447045

Steve Ecklund, who hosts the outdoor show The Edge, bragged about killing the large Alberta mountain cat online.

Photos of him next to the dead animal have sparked outrage, including some harsh words from Laureen Harper,
the wife of Canada's former prime minister."

Must be compensating for something," she tweeted.

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Canada TV personality Steve Ecklund shoots cougar, sparking backlash (Original Post) Botany Dec 2017 OP
Laureen kept her mouth shut on hunting when her husband was running applegrove Dec 2017 #1
No it ain't. Now is always a good time. Good for her! Iggo Dec 2017 #2

applegrove

(118,595 posts)
1. Laureen kept her mouth shut on hunting when her husband was running
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 06:05 PM
Dec 2017

for prime minister for the conservatives. It is a little late I think to be anti hunting now.

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