[Blue House Sue]

It takes a lot of skill to take a shot at hit a 4000 pound docile animal that is standing still.

[kiryandil]

It takes a lot of skill to take a shot at hit a 4000 pound docile animal that is standing still.

I think the three younger male giraffe bulls might take issue with the "docile" label - if they weren't dead...

[Lurker]

“It takes a lot of skill to take a shot at hit a 4000 pound docile animal that is standing still.”

Giraffes are not docile by any stretch of the imagination.

Maybe you missed this part of the article where they tell you, the reader, that this animal had already killed four, count them FOUR other younger giraffes who were of breeding age.

Docile? I don’t think so.

Imagine your grandfather wandering around the neighborhood killing 25 year old men. Because that’s the human equivalent.

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[Zhang Fei]

[It takes a lot of skill to take a shot at hit a 4000 pound docile animal that is standing still.]

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Wild animals are not the docile beings you see in cartoons. Large herbivorous mammals won’t seek you out to kill you as long as you keep your distance, but they are territorial, and will inflict fatal injuries if a human gets too close.

[CurlyDave]

It takes a lot of skill to take a shot at hit a 4000 pound docile animal that is standing still.

It is difficult for me to see how a 4000 lb animal that has a lifetime accomplishment record of killing 3 other 4000 lb animals can be described as "docile".

[Skooz]

Maybe this was a necessary kill that will help the giraffe population. Seems like sound wildlife management.

But, “hunting” it was not.

[Yardstick]

But this was the Donald Trump of giraffes. A bully who killed off younger male competitors in his territory.

You should be celebrating this as a stroke of social justice.