A millionaire US big game hunter was ambushed and killed by FIVE angry elephants whilst hunting a small forest antelope in Central Africa armed with a shotgun.
The article is confusing because it paints him as a “highly respected” ethical hunter and conservationist that hunts under culling licenses, but goes on to say the duiker he was hunting is rare and elusive. Wikipedia lists it as near threatened.
Man had a horde of animal trophies too, so it seems like he just found a loophole to killing and collecting animals in a ‘respectable’ way
It may be that the particular animal he was hunting was an elder animal, no longer capable of reproducing or one that threatened the offspring of others. Generally, when they’re talking about ethical hunts, they’re referring to these specific animals. Allowing rich foreigners to come in and play Safari and pay to remove those animals is a great source of funding for conservation efforts.
It’s also possible he just fucking lied. Or he was lied to. Or he knew he was lied to and didn’t care.
Regardless of the actual truth, getting trampled by elephants is fitting.
I think ethical conservation hunting is great, and I think trampling stupid rich people to death is even better. How great would it be if both things happened?!
While an argument could be made for “horde” because it’s a lot of individual animals who would rise as an army against him if they could, the correct word for this kind of evil dragon collection is “hoard.”
Just in case you need to use either word in a serious context
The article is confusing because it paints him as a “highly respected” ethical hunter and conservationist that hunts under culling licenses, but goes on to say the duiker he was hunting is rare and elusive. Wikipedia lists it as near threatened.
Man had a horde of animal trophies too, so it seems like he just found a loophole to killing and collecting animals in a ‘respectable’ way
It may be that the particular animal he was hunting was an elder animal, no longer capable of reproducing or one that threatened the offspring of others. Generally, when they’re talking about ethical hunts, they’re referring to these specific animals. Allowing rich foreigners to come in and play Safari and pay to remove those animals is a great source of funding for conservation efforts.
It’s also possible he just fucking lied. Or he was lied to. Or he knew he was lied to and didn’t care.
Regardless of the actual truth, getting trampled by elephants is fitting.
I think ethical conservation hunting is great, and I think trampling stupid rich people to death is even better. How great would it be if both things happened?!
While an argument could be made for “horde” because it’s a lot of individual animals who would rise as an army against him if they could, the correct word for this kind of evil dragon collection is “hoard.”
Just in case you need to use either word in a serious context
I did mean it in the dragon context, haven’t had my coffee yet xD Thank you for the correction
I mean, conservation hunts basically require the animal being hunted to be threatened.