This, they are just total dicks of the highest order who think they are badass killing a defenceless animal with a gun or tranquillisers or run to exhaustion then stabbed, shot or chopped up. Fuck them all and ban it all. Same for you Chinese medicine, antiques etc. They are vile pathetic humans and should be called out as such at every opportunity.
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Hunter gets crushed to death after elephant he shot falls on him
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This, they are just total dicks of the highest order who think they are badass killing a defenceless animal with a gun or tranquillisers or run to exhaustion then stabbed, shot or chopped up. Fuck them all and ban it all. Same for you Chinese medicine, antiques etc. They are vile pathetic humans and should be called out as such at every opportunity.
Spoiled Milk
Banned
There isn't supposed to be hunting in that area anyway.
Yeah, the only sad parts here are the dead elephant and the fatherless kids. Both of which are his fault.
I do not count the widow here since she presumably knew what he was into and made a conscious choice to be with him regardless of the dangers.
Master Of Illusion
Member
So...can we make this the Harambe of 2017?
finowns
Member
I guess that makes sense. I still think you have to be a psychopath to want to kill something as amazing as an elephant.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
When the animals are farmed, there is incentive among the local population to breed the animals and conserve their habitat. It ties local profit directly to the well being of the animal population at large so that the livelihood of the local community is aligned with the well being of the overall animal population. This also works with wild safari tourism as well.
...or they could destroy more native habitats and convert it to farmland, decimating the wild animal population even more. Which would you rather have?
Exactly what I pictured reading the title. Actually laughed before clicking on the post.
Emperor_Uriel
Member
I feel bad for the elephant, but also for this hunter's family. Perhaps even the hunter himself, if this is what he had to do to provide for his children.
I have no idea what other career options he had in life, but at least this signals to his kids not to follow in his footsteps.
I have no idea what other career options he had in life, but at least this signals to his kids not to follow in his footsteps.
Shame this has to be posted every time but LEGAL trophy hunting is extremely important for keeping preservation efforts going.
Culling the old and weak is a small price to pay if it means hundreds of thousands of dollars to expand and protect the reservation.
DAREALGUMMY
Member
Humans are animals too. If you're gonna go out into the wilderness for fun you need to remember you're part of the circle of life and shit can happen as a result. I never feel much empathy for stories like this, at least no more than I would any other animal in the same circumstances.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Thank you. Some of the comments here are really gross. This guy doing a totally legal thing got ambushed and crushed to death by a creature he wasn't even hunting. You can disagree with it on a personal level, but what happened to the guy is still tragic.
PeregrinSe7en
Member
there really is a defense force for everything.
What was your monetary donation to African wildlife conservation this year?
Sanctioned big game hunting is the one time white privilege results in a net positive. Go watch that video I posted on the front page.
Believe it or not, the largest conservationists are hunters. The guy gunning down elephants legally has done more to preserve them than everyone in this thread combined.
Spoiled Milk
Banned
Must this "conservation" be done via hunting instead of less brutal methods?
I'm generally not one to make comments like this, but good riddance.
In general, this is true in places. But I don't think this is really relevant to this particular situation.
Fuck elephant hunters.
To be fair, the system is ethically fucked up, but it's practically working (from an theoretical stand point, I don't know the numbers on real life) since people just aren't gonna donate the money towards conservation that instead goes towards hunting fees and lotteries. People want shit like animal trophies because we're selfish assholes so you might as well weaponize that selfishness for good somehow.
People should watch this https://youtu.be/YUA8i5S0YMU
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Game over
Given his past of hunting endangered species, doubt conservation is his intention.
SuperStiltzkin
Member
finowns
Member
What does white privilege have to do with this? They don't let non whites kill elephants?
it's actually a (rather unethical) conservation effort
pay thousands of $, shoot a lion in a glorified zoo, the money is put into raising more animals, some of them are returned to the wild. In the end it's a net positive
RecRoulette
Member
Imagine your wife cheating on you with an elephant, you know you messed up at some point.
Even a mod dropped in to shit on the dead guy, it's sad really.
People sure love to talk and post about how much they love animals and that they should never be killed or hurt but the reality is that these trophy hunters are paying and keeping these reservations running.
I thought it was an interesting case of poetic justice.
Spooky Scary Skeleton
Member
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Rktk
Member
That's fine, the fatherless kids too if you want.
finowns
Member
Sure.
PintSizedSlasher
Member
There aren't always winners. Especially in situations like this one.
The only solace is that this elephant hunter's career ended.
SuperStiltzkin
Member
It's not that it's discriminatory, it's that it's endemic of a certain culture. Trophy hunting is like white privilege incarnate; it's got shitloads of money, immediate satisfaction, and echos of colonialism all rolled into one big ball of meh. Like, when I imagine a trophy hunter, I imagine a Romney family member.
Without rich game hunters many of these resevations wouldn't be able to be funded and even more animals would be endangered tho.
Maybe, just maybe, people take their ethical standings on what they think is right and wrong, not on the law. It's hard to feel sorry for somebody who died in the process of trying to meaninglessly hunt and kill an animal.
Something like that yes, though I wouldn't call it "poetic justice" in her case.
I'd probably feel differently if I knew her personally, but in the abstract I don't feel much sympathy for someone who chose to be with a person who constantly risks their life to engage in (IMO) morally reprehensible behavior.
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