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We used to go out and do mass coon hunting runs to bring down the populations. we used methods that were often not "sporting", but then... our objective was not specifically sport, but serving a purpose of population control.
Did you do it yourself or wait for some rich Chinese guys to get vacation time?
Is it illegal to kill an elephant in the country he did it in? But, I don't support the killing of animals for sport or trophy.
It depends on the country. This was in Zimbabwe, probably the reason he chose there is because regardless of whether it is legal or illegal there is no government there to arrest him for poaching.
Actually the reason for hunting there likely has to do with the large elephant populations and a guide that is known to him. There is no reason to suspect what he did was illegal, just in really poor taste the way the video portrayed it being handled.
Zimbabwe has the 3rd largest elephant population in Africa.
Actually the reason for hunting there likely has to do with the large elephant populations and a guide that is known to him. There is no reason to suspect what he did was illegal, just in really poor taste the way the video portrayed it being handled.
Zimbabwe has the 3rd largest elephant population in Africa.
Where it is illegal is very country dependent so it is likely it is legal. It is possible the elephant guide was the reason it was also possible that because that because of the lack of government Zimbabwe was the most easy location to find a village and get through the permitting process. African countries tend to be more open to private safaris then Great White Hunter exhibitions.
Am on Bobs side on this one. All the Bambi types here know little or nothing about dangerous wildlife in general and African in particular. Marauding elephants are extremely destructive and dangerous, often destroying an entire years crop and not uncommonly killing villagers in the process. To PETA and their uninformed supporters, the death of this elephant is far more a cause of concern than is the potential deaths of the villagers. The hunter was asked to remove a threat, and he did so, and in addition, provided meat for scores of hungry human beings. For this he should be commended, not condemned. Dangerous, destructive wildlife must be removed, there is only rarely an alternative. A calf killing cougar in Montana, a man killing leopard in India, a coyote killing sheep in Arizona, or a crop raiding elephant in Africa, all fall into the unfortunate but necessary task of having to destroy the offending animal.
Am on Bobs side on this one. All the Bambi types here know little or nothing about dangerous wildlife in general and African in particular. Marauding elephants are extremely destructive and dangerous, often destroying an entire years crop and not uncommonly killing villagers in the process. To PETA and their uninformed supporters, the death of this elephant is far more a cause of concern than is the potential deaths of the villagers. The hunter was asked to remove a threat, and he did so, and in addition, provided meat for scores of hungry human beings. For this he should be commended, not condemned. Dangerous, destructive wildlife must be removed, there is only rarely an alternative. A calf killing cougar in Montana, a man killing leopard in India, a coyote killing sheep in Arizona, or a crop raiding elephant in Africa, all fall into the unfortunate but necessary task of having to destroy the offending animal.
Not condeming that CEO "Go Daddy" killed an elephant but in the manner which he chose to do it and video it. Bad form and I'm not a "Bambi type", I hunt to fill my freezer and donate game meat to local food pantries.
Godaddy CEO Bob Parson traveled to Africa to rid a village of a problem elephant - and posted the kill on his blog. PETA responded by giving him their "first-ever Scummiest CEO of the Year Award". Parsons replied "I understand PETA has an agenda, but I refuse to go along with their extortion-style practice."
Hunting Problem Elephant - My 2011 Vacation - Video.ME (http://www.video.me/ViewVideo.aspx?vid=380843 - broken link) (video - but no buxom GoDaddy babes) Go Daddy Founder & CEO Bob Parsons' Personal Blog
Not a big PETA fan but the notion of a problem elephant is laughable. Elephants are docile quiet creatures but incredibly smart. The elephants must have been provoked in order for it to lash out at humans.
[quote=geos;18524377]PETA is a "domestic terrorist organization". Talk about sick. They're terrorists because they bring attention to the barbaric way we treat animals before we slaughter and eat them? I prefer to think of them as freedom fighters for those who can't fight for themselves. YouTube - The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act Documentary[/quote
So tel us what method PETA uses to kill over 85% of the animals they bring in.
Why can't the Zimbabwe gov't shoot it's own elephants? Why do they have to wait for a rich white guy to fly in from America? Does Parsons sit by his bat phone waiting for a call and ready to spring into action?
Why don't you answer your own question. WHY didn't Zimbabwe take care of the problem? if they had this CEO wouldn't have gone there.
Not a big PETA fan but the notion of a problem elephant is laughable. Elephants are docile quiet creatures but incredibly smart. The elephants must have been provoked in order for it to lash out at humans.
Not always. I was almost killed by an elephant in Ghana when we were doing nothing but watching it quietly while it was in a field about 100 yards away.
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