big game hunter owned

[zack1234]

By ink, don't let the door hit you in the arse on the way out.

the truth hurts

[saggs]

if you so called trophy hunters were so fn concerned about the animals you kill..... you would help with money to fight poachers...

Where do you think all that money for permits goes?  Hunters donate more to conservation then any other demographic, especially American hunters,  Google "Pittman-Robertson Act." or "Ducks Unlimited" or "Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation" or Whitetails Unlimited"

In Africa there are dozens of thriving national parks and preserves today, dedicated to conservation and rehabilitation of endangered and threatened species and ecosystems.  Where to you think the money to pay for all that has come from?  I'm gonna go out on a limb and say, not from you.  But a whole lot of it comes from the hunters which you decry.

emotional oh yes you are right....I get very pissed when people try to make excuses for their needless killing of magnificent animals...and would be very happy if I could do something about it.

makes me laugh at your moronic thought process....reminds me of Bush.....saying "all life is sacred and precious" and the next line..."we will KIll those 'terrorists'"

 ya lets Bomb that town to save it......kill everything to make it right...

no..... kill everything that doesn't fit in with you...or believe your ways....then make up some asinine excuses for the things we do.

So.... just to be clear.  You are opposed to the killing of any "magnificent animal" or any terrorists, or any pigeons.  Also you are opposed to the killing of things that "doesn't fit in with you... or believe your ways..."

I am glad he got trampled screw him....one less dick in the world....

But you are perfectly happy to celebrate the death of a human being who; being a hunter "doesn't fit in with you... or believe your ways..."


Wow... I think my irony meter just broke, and I'll have to get my hypocrisy meter re-calibrated. 

[zack1234]

What do you feel when you shoot an elephant?

What do you feel?

Answer the question!

You can't

What do you feel when its dead?

[saggs]

What do you feel when you shoot an elephant?

I've never shot an elephant.  But I'm gonna say... 








Recoil.


Seriously people.  From what others have said, this elephant was found to be a nuisance by local wildlife officials, which likely meant it was destroying crops, homes, etc.. and generally making life very difficult for locals.  Some rich guy pays lots of money (which goes to conservation and to fight poaching, hires local guides, which helps the local economy) for the chance to kill it.  If he does kill it, it removes a nuisance from the local community, and gives them a nice feast of elephant meat.

The nuisance is gone, lots of money has gone to conservation and the local economy, and the locals get to eat well for free for a while.

This is a win, win, win for everyone (except the hunter in this rare instance)

[PR3D4TOR]

Satisfaction? ... I don't know since I've never shot an elephant, but I've shot just about everything else that walks or crawls.

[zack1234]

The elephant became a nuisense when it was worth $50k and you know it.

[FX1]

Zack123 you should come hunting with me. It would be a good life lesson and hell you might enjoy it. Never took anyone out on a hunt that didn't have a story to bring back home or better yet meat for the freezer. Don't worry about coin I will fund the adventure..

We shoot pigs this time of the year.

[FX1]

No I went threw the village and they showed us the hut and parts of the fencing from its last visit. 

[saggs]

The elephant became a nuisense when it was worth $50k and you know it.

Elephants are a common and dangerous nuisance for poor African farmers.

this from the WWF:

Elephants are not only being squeezed into smaller and smaller areas, but farmers plant crops that elephants like to eat. As a result, elephants frequently raid and destroy crops. They can be very dangerous too.

While many people in the West regard elephants with affection and admiration, the animals often inspire fear and anger in those who share their land.

Elephants eat up to 450kg of food per day. They are messy eaters, uprooting and scattering as much as is eaten. A single elephant makes light work of a hectare of crops in a very short time.


Consequences for local people

Small farmers - often desperately poor and already economically and nutritionally vulnerable, forced by circumstances to encroach into elephant habitat - can lose their entire livelihood overnight from an elephant raid.

Large agriculture is also affected. In the largest palm oil producing province in Indonesia, Riau, losses due to elephant damage of oil palm plantations and timber estates are estimated to be around US$105 million per year.

People are also often injured and killed. In India, over 100 people are killed by elephants each year, and over 200 people have been killed in Kenya over the last 7 years.

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/elephants/human_elephant_conflict.cfm

[FX1]

When a dangerous animal becomes fearless to humans its time took take it out before something bad happens.

[saggs]

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Eating a delicious Moose burger while I watch this thread unravel.

[mechanic]

Zack123 you should come hunting with me. It would be a good life lesson and hell you might enjoy it. Never took anyone out on a hunt that didn't have a story to bring back home or better yet meat for the freezer. Don't worry about coin I will fund the adventure..

We shoot pigs this time of the year.

I think hunting is wrong!!


Can I please come hunting with you now FX?

[SPKmes]

I say they should add poachers to the big game menu...

A bit left of center but I have always thought this...it is my belief that they contribute to the flack actual hunters get for big game hunting.... As it was noted...nothing is wasted and proceededs go back to the area...although....hmmmmm   no....that'll get politi.....

[pipz]

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Eating a delicious Moose burger while I watch this thread unravel.

Outrageous!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

[Toad]

Is it better to have some Dandy pay $50k to kill an elephant, use that money for elephant conservation and then use the meat to make 1000 plates of elephant stew for hungry native villagers….

or….

To pay some farmer a fraction of that sum to brutally hack the heads off 500 chickens that lived their entire pitiful lives in a cage less than a square foot in size and then make 1000 plates of chicken stew for hungry native villagers?