Is This Karma?

Mess with the bull, you get the horns.

 

"the incident happened at the Good Luck Farm"

 

I love Elephants and hope they kill anyone who points a gun at them or any other animal for a trophy. I'm a sportsman and am all for hunting to eat. The idea of killing something so you can get a picture of you holding up its head is barbaric.

 

That is hilarious!!
Karma for sure

 

Yup. Don't be a cock. It's not that hard.

 

+100

 

Hello, Devil's Advocate here....

I'm pretty sick of the hunter hate experienced around the internet these days. It shows how far we've come from a time when animals were food and people knew what to do to kill and process them. On the majority of these trophy hunts the rich dude gets a picture and a nice plate of meat and the surrounding locals get the rest. These are the same people that have been living off these animals for ages but now they have foreigners coming in to do the leg work. Not only the meat but the insane money that comes with chance to shoot an exotic animal. What other reason would someone spend 10's of thousands of dollars to go to Africa? Whole communities of people can sustain themselves from these hunts. Yes, probably a select few get the lion's share of the money but it's foreign investment that otherwise wouldn't be there. Last, nature as we imagine it doesn't really exist. These hunts happen on nature preserves that are very regulated and only selected animals are harvested. This is an unfortunate case bc they came up on an elephant orgy and things got outta hand. I'm sure their intent wasn't to walk into the pachyderm porno, most likely, they were going after the young bulls that were dangerous and a threat to the other elephants, farm and local communities. Animal conservation means killing some of the animals you're trying to conserve.

 

I'm totally sick of the self-justification for killing for the thrill of it that gets paraded around here at times.

Though hunting groups often claim that a small amount of controlled trophy hunting does not harm populations, the opposite appears to be true. In the case of African lions, “Approximately 600 lions are killed every year on trophy hunts, including lions in populations that are already declining from other threats…The adult male lion is the most sought-after trophy by wealthy foreign hunters. And when an adult male lion is killed, the destabilization of that lion’s pride can lead to more lion deaths as outside males compete to take over the pride,” reports Jeff Flocken for National Geographic.

The recent Michigan wolf hunt has been filled with controversy – wolves were recently removed from the endangered species list, and soon after, hunted for trophies. The Toledo Blade reports, “People who understand conservation were appalled [about the hunt]. Michigan Technological University Professor John Vucetich, a conservation biologist, said, ‘There is no scientific evidence wolves need to be hunted.’ He added: ‘It’s not common sense to spend decades bringing the wolf back from the brink of extinction, only to begin killing the animal.'”

 

A study on the economic benefit behind lion hunting in Africa concluded, “The suggestion that trophy hunting plays a significant role in African economic development is misguided…Revenues constitute only a fraction of a percent of GDP and almost none of that ever reaches rural communities.”

Dr. Naomi Rose agrees as stated on the HSUS blog, “Regarding the statement that trophy hunters do a lot for conservation, it’s true that some portion of some hunters’ fees goes to conservation in some countries, but it’s rarely the major source of conservation funding. Usually middlemen—commercial outfitters—take the lion’s share of sport hunting proceeds and local communities and conservation and management agencies get the dregs.”

 

According to a report “The Myth of Trophy Hunting” by Save African Animals, “Opening up even a limited legal trade creates a smokescreen for poachers which is almost impossible to police. Prior to 1986, when the whaling moratorium was introduced, legal quotas were widely used as cover for poaching, driving some species near to extinction. The same is happening with trophy hunting of endangered species.”

The hunting of animals for trophies, especially large game animals, can lead to a slippery slope in which the animals are the victims. The report also includes more information on the many issues behind trophy hunting.

 

Monitoring the population of a species takes a lot of resources for conservation groups and governments. It is possible that misinformation can lead to incorrect reporting of numbers to encourage hunting, or the financial benefits of continued hunting lead groups to inflate their reported numbers.

Dr. Naomi Rose, a marine mammal biologist, explains “…Sport hunters’ fees put economic pressure on managers to inflate hunting quotas beyond sustainable levels…Despite what science and common sense said, the quotas were increased and the [population of] bears declined.”

The infamous Canadian seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals per year, and the seals are used for their fur and other body parts. Sea Shepherd reports that, “There is no scientific justification for these quotas as the seal counting techniques used amount to little more than guesswork. Further, Canadian author and naturalist…Farley Mowat, estimates that for every seal landed, another is shot and lost under the ice, not to be included in the count. According to the Canadian government, the hunt will not harm seal populations, however, the facts dispute their unfounded claim.”

 

Elephants, for example, are sentient beings. If a person thinks that it's ok to hunt creatures such as elephants, wolves, orcas, dolphins & many other sentient fellow creatures, then open it up: hunt humans. For sport. The thrill of the kill. Let's see how that works out.

The human race hasn't progressed very far at all. Anyone claiming that it has is blowing smoke up its own arse.

 

I'm glad he's dead! fugg em! Ive had a good idea for years, when a child murderer or rapist is found guilty.they should sell raffles across the country. lets say,$100 pop. the winner gets to kill this piece of **** with his weapon of choice! the money raised goes to the poor family of the deceased! I would love to use a mace and crush that p.o.s skull into splinters, "BRAVE HEART style! maybe go pulp fiction and use a pair of pliers and a blow torch! great way to save taxpayers $ and do something good for the family! I have no problem doing GODS work for him! no I don't go to church but I am catholic! isn't that what confessions for? so you do your 100 our fathers and go on with your life! I know id buy a couple tickets!

 

Makes it easier for 'some' ^ humans to read & then spend the remainder of the week comprehending.