Posted on 07/01/2018 7:59:54 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
Photos of a female hunter from Kentucky proudly showing off the results of her “dream hunt” – a dead black giraffe in South Africa – have ignited a firestorm across social media after being picked up by a local African media outlet.
“White American savage who is partly a Neanderthal comes to Africa and shoot down a very rare black giraffe courtesy of South Africa stupidity,” read the June 2018 tweet, posted by Africa Digest. “Her name is Tess Thompson Talley. Please share.”
The controversial images, which were posted by a Kentucky woman identified as Tess Thompson Talley a year ago, show her standing proudly beside a dead giraffe bull along with the caption: “Prayers for my once in a lifetime dream hunt came true today! Spotted this rare black giraffe bull and stalked him for quite a while. I knew it was the one. He was over 18 years old, 4000 lbs. and was blessed to be able to get 2000 lbs. of meat from him.”
Trophy hunting is a legal practice in a number of African countries, including South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
“The giraffe I hunted was the South African sub-species of giraffe. The numbers of this sub-species is actually increasing due, in part, to hunters and conservation efforts paid for in large part by big game hunting. The breed is not rare in any way other than it was very old. Giraffes get darker with age,” said Talley, in an email to Fox News.
She points out that the giraffe she killed was 18, too old to breed, and had killed three younger bulls who were able to breed, causing the herd’s population to decrease. Now, with the older giraffe dead, the younger bulls are able to continue to breed and can increase the population
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As if it's rocket science. I guess that's why those in control want to keep their populations ignorant.
You’re lying. I don’t care, do you?
And you are also dealing with human nature. We want quick, cheap and quality. Hunting a old bull is hard, expensive and tough. Hunting the young does is easier and they are nice and tender.
It is the same as I would not let someone select one of my animals at random for slaughter. Sure that one calf looks nice, he comes right up to you and would be easy to catch and kill but he is also the future of my herd. So you get an infertile heifer or a steer who's equipment was not up to snuff.
And yes, money is a factor.
To take down a single animal of that size with "one shot one kill" you need proper equipment that is expensive.
One of the reason for culling the herd like this is that if you do not the locals will take things into their own hands and their weapons are simply not big enough to do the job. So you have wounded and mutilated animals going off to die over the space of weeks.
During that time the animal would be extremely dangerous, and yes, wild giraffes are dangerous to humans. And it is wasteful.
Lastly having the locals hunt would not bring in any cash to the economy and to keep the park where these animals live going.
So instead of teaching your own people who are allegedly meat/protein deficient, according to some here, keep them stupid, keep them from owning rifles to provide for themselves and instead bring in foreigners with rifles to do their hunting for them because the locals are just too stupid don’t understand the “Art” of hunting or conservation.
Gezzz. Sounds like Democrat stooges came up with this plan.
I’d hate to be the guy that had to pose the giraffe like that for the photo.
100%
dirt nap... if it has scales, it’d look like a dragon
heh heh heh heh... and in that heat too
Ya think I'm buying your cow flop? Come on.
I did not direct any comment to you until after you posted #12 where you wrote to me...
“Hey ‘people’, WTF are you talking about? I did read it. Try reading my post prior to involuntarily burping up ignorant comments.” dragnet2
If you can, get back to reality. I cannot help you any further.
Anyone can read back at #6 then see your #10 response. The Internet makes a great witness. Get lost.
At Democratic Underground, there are multiple posts demanding that she be murdered.
Trayvon Giraffe be dead.
Because the preserve likely has camera surveillance to combat poachers, and definitely has zoologists studying the herd.
Was it your thinking that because this is in Africa there can’t possibly be any scientific wildlife management? Help me out here, where does the idea that in the twenty-first century nobody could possibly which animal killed which come from?
But they see little value in the animals. They tramp through your orchards, eat the fodder that could go to feed your animals, and, in the case of elephants, destroy the water holes.
If you want them around for the tourists you have to prove the locals with a reason to put up with them and not kill them all.
Think of the ranchers and their objections to having wolves and mountain lions on their ranges.
Or wild horses, donkeys and buffalo.
It is the same kind of clash of cultures.
The conservationist who want to look at the pretty animals twice in their life time and the local people who have to put up with the blasted things.
Trophy hunting of this kinds makes sure everyone who matters is happy and is healthy for the animals overall.
If you can come up with a better way then perhaps they will change but it will have to have some major perks to keep the money flowing from tourists to support the parks, meat and money to the locals and a voluntary infusion of cash to take out problem animals rather the having to pay to have them taken down.
Fool. Next time instead of “All” I’ll post to “All, except dragnet2”
hehehe
To say nothing of the 3K-8K worth of damage when one of them does "the stupid bounce" off your newer vehicle...
"Don't pet the moose"
We actually have to caution people about that sometimes...
Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti.
Where I live, lots of stuff can kill you in the woods.
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