A Bloomington woman arrested in September for standing up against Minnesota Dentist, Walter Palmer, who killed Cecil the Lion received her conviction and sentencing for her action of defacing Palmer’s clinic sign.
Dr. Kim Socha PHD, instructor at Normandale Community College was sentenced to 15 days of jail and 64 hours of community service for standing against Walter Palmer.
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This controversial act has divided up the animal community with some seeing her as a martyr like Green Peace while others saw her as a thug. Many do believe that Socha carried out such an act as a publicity stunt to motivate the animal community at a time when people were about to give up. Given her status as an educated professor who has been involved with animal rights marches as a veteran activist, many believe that she did that as an act of martyrdom.
Her action has definitely brought the question of how far should animal activists go to get the voices across. We know that PETA dumps paint on fur wearing pedestrians, that is vandalism for sure, is that extreme? How about Sea Shephreds ramming their boats at poachers and sinking them? is that extreme? Or anti-poaching rangers like Kinessa Johnson who drops poachers with a bullet before an endangered animal is killed? Or maybe the Indonesian navy blowing poacher ships up… is that extreme?
While some would argue that activists must protest quietly at a corner, throughout history, change has been brought about by acts that were seen as ‘illegal’ at that time. Take Rosa Parks for an example, Rosa Parks was the African American woman who started the discussion on racism by sitting on a white person only seat on the bus which caused a lot of anger towards here but that action along started the whole racial equality movement. Discuss about it here below.