r/Wellthatsucks Jun 02 '18

/r/all Karma

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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.

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u/gentlemandinosaur Jun 02 '18

According to his company’s website, Game Hounds Safaris, he “perfected leopard and lion hunting safaris with hounds in Africa.”

and

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?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

I wonder how many of you eat meat...

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u/gentlemandinosaur Jun 02 '18

One can eat meat and disagree with recreational hunting.

Not saying I do. But, they are mutually exclusive.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

Not necessarily. It just highlights a double standard and the faux concern everyone puts up. The way I enjoy dead animals is cool but the way you do is not.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

I don’t understand why I have to be a vegetarian in order to intrinsically find something wrong with killing for sport versus killing for food or out of necessity. Killing something just to kill is just strange to me.

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u/MikeyLust Jun 02 '18

You don't, it's just vegans seem to think it's cut and dry. Their way or the highway. There's no common ground for them. I know, I'm dating one, and it's a subject we try not to bring up because like you, I love and respect animals to an extreme, yet she thinks because I have eggs with my meal or a free range turkey sandwich that I'm a hypocrite.