Hunter shoots biggest elephant killed in Africa for 30 years

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Independent

Hunter shoots biggest elephant killed in Africa for 30 years

German ‘paid £39,000’ for right to target one of Zimbabwe’s endangered bulls
Ian Johnston |
1 hours ago|


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A hunter has shot dead what is believed to be the biggest elephant killed for “sport” in Africa for 30 years, according to reports.

The animal, one of the largest elephants ever seen in Zimbabwe, was killed on 8 October in an area set aside for private hunting, which borders the Gonarezhou National Park, The Daily Telegraph reported.

A German hunter reportedly paid about £39,000 for a permit to shoot a large bull elephant and was led by an experienced local guide.

Organisers of the hunt declined to name the hunter, who went to Zimbabwe to shoot the so-called Big Five of targets: an elephant, a leopard, a lion, a buffalo and a rhinoceros.


Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/hunter-shoots-biggest-elephant-killed-in-africa-for-30-years-a6696151.html

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"Big Five" hunters should get no running start at all in front of a guided missile.

[shenmue]

1. Yeah

[Travis_0004]

2. I really have no issue with hunting cape buffalo

[Skittles]

9. cowards just want to have fun

[november3rd]

59. you nailed it

Sport hunting is a crime.

Why doesn't the U.S. pay Zimbabwe to help us fly a bunch of drones over there to blow up hunting parties that threaten endangered species?

[Recursion]

34. They're the deadliest of the five

They can not just trample a lion to death, they can chase down a lion, outrun him, and trample him to death.

[Omaha Steve]

3. Thanks for posting Judi

K&R for visibility.

OS

[onehandle]

4. Gun culture of the world unite. nt

[mak3cats]

5. I think one of the African nations should open a human hunting "playground"...

...if it could be made legal, can you imagine the numbers of rich, "my gun is longer than your gun" psychos who would pay to be able to kill another human being without any consequences? The one absolute provision would have to be that they shoot each other, not some hired prey. What a challenge!

[Cal33]

46. We have already been doing that all over the world since the beginning of history -- be it

internationally, nationally or interpersonally. When has there ever been a lack of people
killing people?

[bluedigger]

6. You got that right.

[scarletwoman]

7. That mindset is utterly incomprehensible to me.

I weep that I share a species with such sick, depraved minds as that...

[MBS]

45. " " " " n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

66. plus one

[leftyladyfrommo]

67. He must be so proud.

And his excuse is that he's going to eat it, right?

[Skittles]

8. COWARD

[uppityperson]

10. I've got an idea of how to raise the money AND make it sporting without killing anything

Have a guide take a photo of you touching each of these animals, live. This would demonstrate your ability to not only track but to get really close. Much more sporting than simply shooting something with a powerful gun.

[niyad]

11. rather like counting coup. I love the idea.

[uppityperson]

24. Exactly. You want to prove your courage? Here's how to.

[niyad]

12. what a sick, twisted, perverted asshole. may he be ian gibsoned.

[restorefreedom]

14. sick prick, and ITS NOT HUNTING DAMMIT

it is staged slaughter for penis deficient indivduals.

sigh

thanks for posting judy needs to be seen

[hibbing]

15. Congratulations!!!

I just don't get it.

Peace

[Baitball Blogger]

16. The internet will find him.

[forest444]

17. A missile would be too good for those lowlifes.

Too quick, you see. This is what I was thinking:

[Judi Lynn]

26. He needs more time to enjoy the wildlife more closely in Africa instead of escaping.

A lot of people with weapons chasing him around should work just fine. I'd love to see it.

[Maynar]

32. Never trust a fart.

[forest444]

36. Case in point: Chris Christie.

The fart is strong in this one.

[Judi Lynn]

38. That's really rude! Wow. Disgusting. n/t

[PufPuf23]

48. That is so stupid I LOL.

Christie is so disgusting.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. Did the media create a copycat?

[Sunlei]

19. another private ranch canned hunt "adjacent to a national park". wonder how they spit the 'fee'.

Poor old male elephants can't even live out their natural life in peace, he's for sale to kill.

39000 EUR = 44688.89653 USD

39000 British Pound equals

60305.70 US Dollar

[PatSeg]

20. Idiot

[PatSeg]

21. 50,000 a year?

"Poachers are thought to kill around 50,000 elephants a year in order to supply the illegal ivory trade, as well as providing bushmeat and ingredients for traditional Chinese medicine."

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/hunter-shoots-biggest-elephant-killed-in-africa-for-30-years-a6696151.html

Insane

[lastlib]

22. lousy rotten FUCKER!

why is this sh1t even legal??!?

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[Cassiopeia]

23. It brings me great sorrow to kick and rec this thread.

I do so for visibility, but I HATE needing to do so.

[Judi Lynn]

25. Posing with his kill: German hunter pays £39,000 to shoot largest elephant in Africa for 50 YEARS -

Posing with his kill: German hunter pays £39,000 to shoot largest elephant in Africa for 50 YEARS - just three months after Cecil the Lion was slain

A German hunter reportedly paid $60,000 for a permit to hunt the animal as part of an 21 day organised hunt

The elephant's tusks weighed 122 pounds and dragged along the ground

The elephant was not known to the park in Gonarezhou park in Zimbabwe

Conservationists think it came from the Kruger park in South Africa

By Tom Wyke for MailOnline
Published: 15:14 EST, 15 October 2015 | Updated: 19:19 EST, 15 October 2015


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The German hunter was assisted by a experienced hunter who acted as his guide on the 21 day hunting trip



The animal was shot dead by a German hunter on October 8 in Gonarezhou National Park in south-east Zimbabwe
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Less than three months after Cecil the Lion was shot dead, a German hunter has killed a large elephant with 122 pounds tusks in a game park in Zimbabwe.

The elephant is thought to have been the biggest elephant shot in living memory when it was killed on October 8 in Gonarezhou National Park in south-east Zimbabwe.

The majestic animal's tusks weighed 122 pounds and were so big that they dragged along the ground, according to Johnny Rodrigues Chairman for Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force.

The hunter is believed to be a German national, who reportedly paid $60,000 (£39,000) for a hunting permit to shoot the colossal bull elephant as part of an organised hunt, according to The Telegraph.

More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3274724/Anger-biggest-elephant-shot-living-memory-killed-German-hunter-Zimbabwean-game-park.html#ixzz3oh7j56M8

If only someone will recognize this piece of crap and publish his filthy name, so we all may properly salute him.

[MisterP]

27. "but he said a prayer to the Great Spirit and he gave the meat to poor people and locals

hate elephants and and and"

--the usual logorrhea

[iandhr]

28. When stuff like this happens reminds me of George Carlin's

[Flaxbee]

29. Hunters are atrocious and have serious mental problems. Unless you need the food,

or unless there is a scientific reason to "cull" a herd that can't sustain itself (which usually happens because idiot humans kill predators and allow for the proliferation of "prey" species) hunting is an abomination. Anyone who considers it "fun" to kill another living being is demented.

[passiveporcupine]

30. It's a shame that these idiots need a gun to go into battle with an animal

I"m starting to think it's time to bring back the Colosseum. If a man decides to go on a canned hunt like this, then turn-around is fair play. Let the animals fight it out with him *unarmed" in the colosseum while all the audience cheers on the animals.

[HeiressofBickworth]

31. Reminds me of a line in the movie I saw last night

This Changes Everything (Avi Lewis & Naomi Klein). Some right-wing fucker was attempting to explain the power of the free market. He said that it is market demand that increases supply. His example was (and I'm not shitting you) that if you want more ivory, you need to kill more elephants. The audience responded in unison -- and vomited.

[avaistheone1]

33. WTF?

Why?

[eppur_se_muova]

35. Biggest asshole in Africa in 30 years.

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See, you're famous now !

[Jack-o-Lantern]

37. Thrill killing despicable piece of shit asshole.

[MFM008]

39. Welcome to Mugabes Zimbabwe

as long as the corruption remains the animals will die. Hes 91, he should die.

[Judi Lynn]

40. Is Mugabe responsible for trophy hunting in the other African countries which allow it?

Would you would approve of South Africa's trophy hunting, and the others'? That certainly can't be blamed on Mugabe.

[CharlotteVale]

41. Or a no running start in front of a herd of angry elephants.

[Nitram]

42. The Zimbabwe elephant population is actually too large.

In January, The Herald, one of Zimbabwe’s main daily newspapers, reported that there are 80,000 elephants in the country, more than the national game parks have the money or the ability to handle. Feeding these elephants uses up scarce resources, and Hwange National Park alone would spend up to $500,000 annually just for water for their elephants, said Geoffrey Matipano, the acting director of the National Parks and Wildlife Authority.
http://passblue.com/2015/03/17/for-elephants-in-zimbabwe-a-deeply-troubling-present-and-future/

[turbinetree]

43. WHY....................................Zimbabwe -----------------WHY

[MBS]

44. this should not be legal.

[oberliner]

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[oasis]

56. "It is always a fair chase-both ways"

[packman]

49. Shit -

(1) Money buys privilege

(2) Assholes are always assholes

(3) Hunting for no other reason than killing is a tell on the character of the killer

(4) A country can sell its soul - both the country the killer came from and the country allowing this

Disgusting piece of shit all the way around.

[Eugene]

50. German elephant hunter will be named and shamed, vows Zimbabwe taskforce

Source: The Guardian

German elephant hunter will be named and shamed, vows Zimbabwe taskforce

Peter Walker
Friday 16 October 2015 13.44 BST

A Zimbabwean conservation group has vowed to identify a German hunter who shot one of the largest elephants seen in the country, so the man can be publicly vilified like the killer of Cecil the lion.

Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of the Zimbabwe conservation taskforce, confirmed that the man, as yet unnamed, had a permit when he shot the male elephant last week. The animal was unknown to Zimbabwean experts and is believed to have wandered across the border from South Africa, he said.

Such old, large elephants were almost never sighted, Rodrigues said. “They’re very, very rare. His tusks weighed over 54kg (119lb) – that’s unheard of. You might have 10,000 or 15,000 elephants, but only one in that herd who’s so majestic and iconic.”

The German hunter had paid a lot of money to go on a four-day hunt and had the correct licence and permit to shoot an elephant, Rodrigues said. He added that killing such an elephant was wrong and the hunter should experience similar treatment to Walter Palmer, the Minnesota dentist who faced public protests after he shot Cecil, one of Zimbabwe’s best-known lions, in July.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/16/german-elephant-hunter-named-shamed-vows-zimbabwe-conservation-group

[Number9Dream]

61. Once he's named, I hope the German public will take it from there

Hope to see follow-up on this.

[jonno99]

51. In other news: another baby was tossed form a NY window.

Should this story have it's own thread? Or is there only so much outrage to go around?
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20151016/us--baby_tossed_from_window-abd40ec9f7.html

It's certainly ok to disagree with big game hunting; but a little perspective at such a time is often required - imho...

[n2doc]

52. Population of African Elephants ~ 500,000 and dropping 20% a decade

Population of humans- 7 billion+ and rising exponentially

There is your perspective. All life killed intentionally for sport or stupidity is a bad, evil thing. But If you are so caught up in human babies dying, you might start with south Sudan, where 34 children died in a week.....

https://in.news.yahoo.com/34-children-die-malnutrition-south-sudan-073802943.html

[jonno99]

60. Thanks for the needed perspective...nt

[Judi Lynn]

65. What prevents your posting in in LBN yourself? Please do follow up, teach DU a little perspective.nt

[tabasco]

53. The evil that humans have wrought on this planet

is beyond measure.

[oberliner]

54. Spend a day at a factory farm

Even an hour will be more than enough to underscore that point.

[LanternWaste]

55. I'll never understand the idiocy of receiving entertainment from killing sentient life.

I'll never understand the idiocy of receiving entertainment from killing sentient life... but to be honest, I'm rather glad I'll never understand that particular idiocy.

[olddots]

57. this just in

hunter gets first erection in 30 years .

[restorefreedom]

63. doesn't one need a penis to get an erection?

no way in hell he has one.

but if he did, your timetable is spot on.

[november3rd]

58. MoFo!

How to end war:

Unite in protecting the planet -- especially endangered species -- and space exploration.

[MisterP]

62. space doesn't actually end war or poaching, y'know ...

[Monk06]

64. This is not hunting it's gun porn for the fabulously wealthy. It's also species genocide