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

  • hayvan@piefed.world
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    9 hours ago

    He was hunting antelopes, not elephants at least. But I’m still glad the elephants showed up.

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      9 hours ago

      He had hunted elephants previously and had elephant trophies, so I have no sympathy for him.

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      9 hours ago

      The was hunting yellow backed duiker which, A, are evidently insanely easy to hunt. So easy that you can evidently shine a light at it at night, walk right up to it, and club it to death.

      They’re a vital food source for a bit part of central Africa.

      And 2, they’re so heavily hunted that they’re at serious risk of endangerment.

      I said something in another post about there being a chance this was a genuine conversation effort, but after doing some reading; no. This guy is just an asshole. He got justifiably trampled by elephants doing something for fun that the people of central Africa do every day to feed themselves.

      • jago@lemmy.ca
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        They’re a vital food source for a bit part of central Africa.
        And 2, they’re so heavily hunted that they’re at serious risk of endangerment.

        Food source or at risk of endangerment? Pick an argument.

        …this was a genuine conversation effort…

        Ah, I see. Don’t bother.

          • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
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            3 hours ago

            They’re also just being an asshole because OP accidentally wrote “conVERsation” instead of “conSERvation”, and that obviously invalidates the whole argument, duh.