An American millionaire big-game hunter has died after being crushed by a group of elephants during a hunting expedition in Gabon.
An American millionaire big-game hunter has died after being crushed by a group of elephants during a hunting expedition in Gabon.
He was hunting antelopes, not elephants at least. But I’m still glad the elephants showed up.
He had hunted elephants previously and had elephant trophies, so I have no sympathy for him.
the elephant posse probably remembered him.
so they remembered him
the elephants hunted the hunter.
Hell yeah!
The was hunting yellow backed duiker which, A, are evidently insanely easy to hunt. So easy that you can evidently shine a light at it at night, walk right up to it, and club it to death.
They’re a vital food source for a bit part of central Africa.
And 2, they’re so heavily hunted that they’re at serious risk of endangerment.
I said something in another post about there being a chance this was a genuine conversation effort, but after doing some reading; no. This guy is just an asshole. He got justifiably trampled by elephants doing something for fun that the people of central Africa do every day to feed themselves.
Food source or at risk of endangerment? Pick an argument.
Ah, I see. Don’t bother.
Still learning that more than one thing can be true at a time?
They’re also just being an asshole because OP accidentally wrote “conVERsation” instead of “conSERvation”, and that obviously invalidates the whole argument, duh.
You sound like a cool dude with many real world friends. Certainly not like some chronically wrong chode who likes to pick at strangers on the internet to make himself feel bigger.
Why are the antelopes less important than the elephants?
One has a fragile population and is well respected the other doesn’t. It’s for the same reason Bison hunting is looked down apon but annihilating a boar with a landmine wouldn’t be.
Edit: Just noticed that the species he was hunting was endangered, fuck him. My point still stands for boars though
Why does being endangered matter? They both have a preference to live, and would choose to not die. They both feel pain and fear. They don’t know they’re endangered. All they know is they want to live.
Humans killing animals is mostly unnecessary.
I didn’t say that. Just pointed out how the title could be misleading.