An American millionaire big-game hunter has died after being crushed by a group of elephants during a hunting expedition in Gabon.

  • SippyCup@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    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.

    • jago@lemmy.ca
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      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.

      Food source or at risk of endangerment? Pick an argument.

      …this was a genuine conversation effort…

      Ah, I see. Don’t bother.

        • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
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          They’re also just being an asshole because OP accidentally wrote “conVERsation” instead of “conSERvation”, and that obviously invalidates the whole argument, duh.

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        19 hours ago

        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.