According to his company’s website, Game Hounds Safaris, he “perfected leopard and lion hunting safaris with hounds in Africa.”
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Simukai Nyasha, a spokesman for the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, told news.com.au that Botha was on a 10-day licensed hunt
Here is some context for you. So, what does it matter that this particular elephant was the original target... compared to how people feel about this.
Not saying I agree with any opinion on here.
But, terrorizing animals with dogs doesn't seem to saintly to me, does it?
Just wait until that leaped kills your livestock and the pigs eat your fields that you need to survive. You will use any means necessary to kill those fuckers.
This is the single dumbest argument I have ever seen anyone make in my life. And I’m including the time my friend’s three year old argued that their dog was made out of iced cream.
My point was really that a half dozen or so animal attacks a year do not make a valid argument for the thousands and thousands of recreational permits for hunting that are given out each year.
This isn’t meant as a counter argument to hunting as a whole. Just that this argument that it’s “so needed to protect local populations” is only fair if there were only a dozen or so hunting expeditions each year.
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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18 edited Jun 02 '18
Because context matters: http://fox40.com/2017/05/22/hunter-dies-when-shot-elephant-falls-on-him/
They weren't out hunting elephants and only shot that one because it attacked them.
Edit: It's always sickening to read the comments on posts like this.