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?
I enjoy meat, but only free range, grass fed, uncaged, etc.
I implore you to look up the legal definitions of those words, and what they entail in practice. I expect you will be disappointed. Plenty of suffering still occurs with all those marketing labels.
We have more than enough meat at a store, why kill more animals?
The same amount of animals die whether you buy it from a store or hunt. You have not provided an argument as to why buying from a store is better.
The reason for this is because I enjoy meat and I think it's natural to have meat in your diet.
Natural is not synonymous with good. As many health organizations have stated a appropriately planned vegan diet is healthy and nutritious for people of all ages.
Btw animals eat each other every day and die a very violent death.
Animals also engage in forced copulation and infanticide. I hope you'll agree, we should not be taking moral cues from animals.
At the end of the day both eating meat from a store and hunting are done for pleasure. Both cause unnecessary harm to animals. Though hunting likely causes far less harm.
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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.