An American millionaire big-game hunter has died after being crushed by a group of elephants during a hunting expedition in Gabon.

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[–] 10 points 5 months ago (15 children)

If we're going to pretend it's a sport, let both sides be humans.

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  • [–] 28 points 5 months ago (10 children)

    I mean, the guise we use for hunting is that it's for population control to properly conserve the environment. I suppose if you wanted to say there were some populations that needed controlling on environmental grounds, like billionaires or something, I might be amenable.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    It's more like that hunting permit fees fund actual conservation efforts, not that there's really much of a legitimate conservation effect from the hunting itself. (Except maybe when it's an invasive species.)

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I wonder what percentage goes to the actual conservation efforts, after all the cuts and bribes by the middlemen

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    It depends heavily where it is. Some of the programs are very very good, others are corrupt af.

    The best ones give the people living in proximity to the animals recourse when said animals destroy crops or property. This plus giving back a portion of the fees to help community enrichment projects incentivizes protection of the animals by the locals, which deters poaching and stuff.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    When prey animals are "saved" from their natural predators, they tend to over reproduce and wreak havoc on their environment. Deer in North America is an example that needs to be controlled.

    Is don't know to what extent though.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago

    When prey animals are “saved” from their natural predators, they tend to over reproduce and wreak havoc on their environment.

    Exactly...

    When corrupt capitalists are "saved" from taxation, they tend to hoard wealth and wreck havoc on the economy. Drastically lowering not only everyone else's quality of life, but in many cases their physical health and well-being along with everyone they know and interact with

    It's a classic trolly problem.

    Track one: about 8,300,000,000 people

    Track 2: 3,500 people that aimed the trolleybat track 1.

    Would you turn the switch back so it saves 8.3 billion people, at the expense of of the less than 4 thousand people that put us in front of the trolley?

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Wish granted: millionaires now hunt us for sport.

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