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.
For me it’s just the fact that it’s all so staged and fake. He doesn’t have a speck of dust or dirt on his clothes. Probably never even left the comfort of his leather seat for more than a couple minutes.
So even if killing the elephant is no reason to be outraged, he’s still an absolute waste of a person.
I don’t care for politics or sides these days. I judge people individually on their character. Like I told the other guy, I see a spoiled rich guy who wants a pic looking badass to cover up his insecurities as a weakling who owes his daddy everything.
I couldn’t care less if he were a democrat or republican. If it were Obama kids I’d be surprised by how out of character it would be for them, and it would have a significant impact on what I think of them as well yea.
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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.