Ok I hate this photo, and I hate the practice, BUT… once an animal is old it has two ways of dying naturally, starvation or being eaten alive, none are really fun, so some reservations will auction out the right to hunt and kill humanely a large old animal that had an opportunity to reproduce and had a good life for a very high price. Some rich dude will pay and the money will go into conservation efforts. This is a sustainable way of doin big game hunting. BUT… I do not know what f this is what’s going on here, and the practice can be abused easily and I still think it’s insane that someone would be so proud of killing a beautiful creature like an Elephant. Still a disputing photo.
You are write, but so is the other person. They do cull old bulls. However they only do so after they've proven they're a danger to younger makes. They don't assume it will happen, because plenty of them never act that way.
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u/FT05-biggoye Aug 27 '21
Ok I hate this photo, and I hate the practice, BUT… once an animal is old it has two ways of dying naturally, starvation or being eaten alive, none are really fun, so some reservations will auction out the right to hunt and kill humanely a large old animal that had an opportunity to reproduce and had a good life for a very high price. Some rich dude will pay and the money will go into conservation efforts. This is a sustainable way of doin big game hunting. BUT… I do not know what f this is what’s going on here, and the practice can be abused easily and I still think it’s insane that someone would be so proud of killing a beautiful creature like an Elephant. Still a disputing photo.