Sorry that a few are offended by something that has taken place since man sharpened his first stick. Many in the U.S. grew up hunting. I did as long as I have memories I have hunted and yes we did eat what I took.
Do any of you eat meat or is everyone a vegetarian. How do you think you get a piece of chicken, burger or steak on your plate? The money that the hunting brings to the people in Africa is way more than from taking a photo of them brings in. All of the meat is put to good use and never wasted.
If there was no hunting the government in Africa would simply kill all the animals. Why because the people would have no income or food. You cannot raise crops or have domestic animals if herds of wild animals come in and eat everything. Yes man has built cities and taken the wild lands back but hunting is not what kills off the animals. Many more people hunt white tail deer in the U.S. than animals in Africa. In spite of that fact the population of white tail deer is higher than when American was discovered. Over 100 people a year are killed by car accidents involving white tail deer.
Hunting is one of the big benefits to Africa. It is the only thing that adds value to the animals. Yes people love to take pics of them and they are beautiful but they do not put much money into the economy of the people in Africa. I have been there 14 times and left thousands of dollars in their pockets what have you done to help them?
That Cape Buffalo was a mature older animal. You can tell by how the horns have caped on it's head and how the tips wear. When they get old they are kicked out of the herd by younger bulls to prevent them from breeding. They struggle to survive because there is no herd to protect them. Even elephants do that. When an elephant wears out their last set of teeth at I believe about 50 they die a slow miserable death of starvation simply because they cannot eat enough with their worn out teeth. Those are the elephants that are hunted and you are usually accompanied by a game management person to say which one to take. The price the hunter pays to take those larger animals is more than most of our Mustangs would sell for. How much money does it cost to take a photo.
Hunting is not cruel nor uncalled for. It is a necessary requirement if man is to live on earth. It does not matter if it is a chicken or a buffalo in my book. The animals were put here by God for man to use for his benefit just like trees and water.
If any killing should be stopped go after the Chinese who hire poachers that use helicopters to fly over and kill Rhino and Elephant for their horns and tusks and leave the meat to rot. The rich ignorant people buy the powdered Rhino horn for their false natural Viagra or an ivory carving to put in their home. They will drive them to extinction not hunters.
Every person on the forum has different tastes and desires. Because you have a blue convertible instead of a red one does not make you wrong. Hunting is not wrong just not understood by many because they do not know the whole truth.
It has taken millions of years for the population of people and animals on earth to get to where we are today. This round ball we live on has a limit of how many breathing living creatures it can support. At some point there will either be a massive disaster, war or disease that takes that back into balance. Has to or it will be total chaos on earth. Money will have no value only food and water.
Again I just wish people would open their mind and look at the whole picture of hunting and all of it's benefits.
