That is one sad photo, it almost broke my heart, and I mean every word of it!
There is no one more conservative than me..... I am conservative to the bone....I just want to let that be known .......but the killing of a beautiful giraffe or any other wild life for sport, or for eating.....by the way.....why didn't she have a beef T-Bone steak? ????? why kill a lovely giraffe that was doing nothing to her? what sort of monster does that to wild life, that in many cases is almost extinct?
May be Karma someday will make her pay.....may she will end her life in the same way of that poor innocent giraffe she slaughtered.
SHAME ON THAT WOMAN! SHAME ON HER!
i agree ! if you ain't going to eat it don't hunt it !
The major factor in the loss of wildlife in Africa and South America is the loss of habitat. First the forests go for lumber. Land is cleared for farming followed by other development.
Where game management is done property, it reduces the population of larger animals to match available habitat and food supply which is continually shrinking in most places. It's not conservation it's just another way of removing wildlife, possibly more humane.
In Africa, trophy hunting is a 200 million dollar a year business and much of the so called game management is just a guise for slaughter of the shrinking population of the most sought after species.
The image of the great white hunter, spending days tracking his prize and risking his life in front of a charging animal is far more fiction than fact. Much of the trophy hunting today does not require a trip to darkest Africa. Instead many hunters prefer convenience of the a canned hunt which refers to the shooting of an exotic animal on a game farm or hunting ranch for a guaranteed kill. The animals are sourced from breeding farms that raise cubs from birth, that are typically used in a pay-to-play or cub petting scheme when they are young for extra profit. Once they are big enough to be considered a trophy, they are sold to hunters and shot within the confines of the ranch. These animals have been hand raised by humans, only to be killed where they were raised for a plaque on a wall.
Trophy hunters prefer hand raised animals because they are not afraid of humans and are much easier to shoot. They are also more aesthetically pleasing because they have not had to fend for themselves in the wild. Canned hunted animals come from roadside zoos, backyard breeders, and were once considered someone’s pet. The hunt is conducted in a small enclosure coining the term “canned”, because it is just as easy as shooting fish in a barrel. There is a guaranteed kill, and breeders hand rear animals to ensure they are not afraid of people. Canned hunts have been banned in 20 states but are legal in many places.
The Reality of Trophy Hunting | Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge
