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US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants
(www.theguardian.com)
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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.
so they remembered him
the elephant posse probably remembered him.
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.
the elephants hunted the hunter.
Hell yeah!
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.
Stewardship of the land, environment, and creatures apon it is why, a species going through endangerment isn't going to pose even a quarter of the issues a booming elk population without wolves can for example.
As for your emotional point, wholly irrelevant. I would happily maim plenty of humans before granting them an indigent and painful death. So long as the kill is as clean as possible and as much of the animal is used as possible. Your emotional argument is wholly empty to me.
I didn't say that. Just pointed out how the title could be misleading.