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I am a hunter. I am not a trophy hunter, I am really interested in being in the woods, hunting the animal and then enjoying the meat the hunt yields. Antlers cannot be eaten (although I still appreciate a big buck). I have been derided by trophy hunters as what they call a “meat hunter”. I see little value in trophy hunters BUT I would never support curbing their right to do what they do. This wolf was legally taken and that is that. No one should change the laws because some emotionally driven people in the park named the wolf. This is a wolf we should remember.....a natural killer. It’s life ended the same way the lives of its prey ended. This is nature, the way it is.
With all due respect, I disagree.
Shooting an animal at 200 yds, with a 3x9 scoped rifle, is not "Nature" as you would call it. It's a human's singular act of extermination at it's basic essence.
How is the hunter supposed to know this is a prized wolf? just anti-gun nuts going for outrage over some hunter who can't possibly know one wolf from another.
The picture I saw of "Spitfire" showed the animal with a radio collar.
Nobody has explained why this is considered trophy hunting? A wolf miles from the park, a guy had a permit and was legal? Is it the moniker "Trophy Hunting" to spark outrage?
Nobody has explained why this is considered trophy hunting? A wolf miles from the park, a guy had a permit and was legal? Is it the moniker "Trophy Hunting" to spark outrage?
I suspect it's because, as far as we know, the wolf was threatening neither life nor property, and was killed simply for being a wolf.
In most cases, trophy hunters do more for animal habitat preservation than everyone in PETA combined.
True. That hunter who killed male black rhino that was killed in Africa a few years back was doing that animal preserve a huge favour.
1. The rhino was pre-selected by the preserve. It was an old male black rhino that had already killed several younger male rhinos. And that rhino had even killed a female rhino when she refused his advances. So that rhino needed to be culled for the sake of the rest of the herd.
2. The hunter paid a $350K fee to that animal preserve, which helped to offset the high costs of running that wildlife preserve.
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The license allows for the killing of a single, post-breeding bull, with Namibian wildlife officials on hand for the hunt to make sure an appropriate animal is selected.
The Dallas Safari Club had been expecting the permit to bring $250,000 to $1 million at an auction held during its annual convention. The hunt will help in managing the population and provide an underfunded Namibian government hard cash in the expensive battle to thwart poachers, it said.
Nobody has explained why this is considered trophy hunting? A wolf miles from the park, a guy had a permit and was legal? Is it the moniker "Trophy Hunting" to spark outrage?
So, an ammosexual woke up that morning feeling puny. Again.
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