Cracks me up how people halfway around the world who have never even seen a lion are all of the sudden experts on lions, their reproductive patterns, the skill required to hunt for one, etc... It's always fascinated me how a select few species are always the targets for negative attention from both sides of the fence (elephant, polar bear, lion.. I'm looking at you guys). It becomes more of a class warfare thing than actually caring about the animal we know nothing about. Even if you don't like the hunting of these animals, the ugly truth is that by assigning a value to these animals to generate revenue for the local landowners and farmers is the only thing keeping them from being completely annihilated via poaching. Just look at Botswana and the negative repercussions their government ban on lion hunting had for the overall population.
I am amazed at the outrage. I keep seeing 'murdered', 'skinned' and beheaded. Yeah, just like all the livestock destined for the dinner plate. ISIS is still beheading people and hardly anyone bats an eye. It's all so messed up. I honestly think that an inability to compartmentalize emotions properly is a sickness.
Nope can't see it happening anytime soon, the percentage of Americans who hunt or support hunting is still too high
Hunting for sport should be illegal. Killing an animal for the purpose of hanging its head on your wall is disgusting. Hunting for food is fine with rifles. However bow hunting and tracking seems inhumane. Your opinions?
Well considering you posted this on Bowhunting.com, I can only assume your trolling. That being said, I have no desire to hunt a lion but I could care less if someone else does. All hunting is for sport in one way or another. Very few people get all their meat from hunting anymore.
Hunting is hunting, regardless what reasons you wanna use the animal is still dead. If you don't get enjoyment out of it then why take a weapon, nobody in 2015 is goin to starve if they don't hunt. No matter what anyone wants to tell themselves. I find your last statement pretty odd btw, since this is bowhunting.com. Nice
In this world how do you define "necessary"? Is it necessary to pen juvenile cattle so we can eat their tender meat in the form of veal? Is it necessary to use the skin of cows to make leather couches, purses and other items when synthetic fibers are readily available? Is it necessary for people to build multi-million dollar homes which consume far more natural resources than necessary to sustain them? The word necessary certainly leads us down an awfully slippery slope. I would say that what he did is his right as a human being. I would also say that without him, and other trophy hunters willing to pay substantial amounts of money to hunt dangerous game, that their future would most certainly be in jeopardy. Without the value these animals have to hunters there would be no interest in protecting their numbers or ensuring the health of their herds. There would be no money to fund research projects or the agencies that regulate and govern the sport of hunting as well as our natural resources. Because while anti-hunters like to stand on their soapboxes and type at the top of their electronic lungs about how hunting is wrong or immoral, they contribute little to nothing in the way of funding for conservation or the preservation of lands and wildlife. On the other hand, hunters generate BILLIONS of dollars in funding for conservation programs around the world. Go us.
My opinion is that you are grossly misinformed and sadly separated from the wonders that nature provides - both good and bad. Perhaps a little more time spent in nature and less time in front of a computer in whatever sheltered city or suburb you spend your time would do you a little good.
The resources you are using to type this message are not "necessary". I would say hunting is much more "necessary" as an exercise in humanity than arguing about whether or not it's "necessary". Hunting is primal, it keeps people closer to mother nature. It's what we have done since the dawn of man. It's really hard to explain hunting to someone that has not experienced it and has preconceived notions about it with no real knowledge of it. 99.9% of our time hunting is spent taking in and enjoying the splendor or the nature and the things that are around us. The goal is certainly to be successful in the hunt, but we connect with nature in a way that most people never get a chance. I mean, how many people actually just go out into the woods and sit and observe nature for hours on end. I would venture to say almost no one that doesn't hunt. We see and understand nature in an intimate way. We learn from it, we strive to understand it, we connect in a special way. When we are finally successful in killing our quarry, we are thankful, we are proud, we are happy, we are sad, we smile, we cry, we pray, and we reflect. I know it's difficult for people like you to understand, but honestly I don't care if you understand because your thought process is the least of my concern. You don't care how we feel about the things that you think are important, so surely you can see where I'm coming from here.
So sad that 5 elephants poached barely makes the news, but one guy who tried to hunt the right way, gets death threats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ve-of-kenyas-endangered-elephants-were-slain/
