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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most definitely, not guilty...
I’m OK with this. I don’t have a problem with those that do and those that don’t.
[[There’s no reason on earth to kill an animal for sport. ]]
Sure there is- especially when it serves more than one purpose- Culling is a very necessary part conservation of species- AND the meat taken during sport hunting goes to villagers, and like my previous post states- sport hunting provides much needed income to very low income native people and helps not only the species being hunted, but many other species as well. Study hte issue of culling- animals starving to death because of overpopulation and diseases is actually less humane
based on the article...it WAS culling.
If that is the case in this matter, that’s fine, but I would not be the one to kill this animal. This isn’t something that I want to do.
Right, but the only reason this is working is because someone is willing to pay to be the one to make all those good things happen after the culling of this animal. If it is a challenge, alright, I wouldn’t do it myself but I can see it. If it is like killing a chicken level of difficulty then it is way weird.
Freegards
“We do actually do that- they are called butchers”
You have butchers offering to pay you to do your butchering? Send them my way, please.
Freegards
That’s a lot of meat, and I am glad to know that it was not wasted.
Giraffe marrow is not something that I know about, but I would try it, because I will try any kind of food at least once, and if I like it, I will eat it again, even stuff that raises eyebrows. You never know what’s really good.
She was kinda cute in a couple o’ those pics.
That’s cool, that’s why I didn’t jump on the person personally.
Still, this kill is not something that I would do myself. I don’t want that weight on me. It might not be weight to this hunter, but it would be weight to me.
The Smithsonian did a series of studies that showed that deer in some areas have eaten all new trees for decades, and reduce the numbers of birds and small animals by up to 90% compared to when the deer are fenced out of the areas. They devastate local ecosystems.
no but they show up and offer to butcher the meat for us so we don’t have to do the dirty work ourselves is the point i was getting at- Anti-hunters who eat meat rail against hunters, yet think nothing about going to the grocery store to buy a couple pounds of hamburger or chicken or lamb or fish or whatever- They make the false claim that it’s ok for them to eat meat because the animal’s life ‘didn’t go to waste’- Yet they totally discount the fact that trophy hunting meat gets utilized by native populations as well in almost all cases
I didn’t realize how many were vegetarian.
“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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hell yeah
Exactly- trees die, many many animals get affected- squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, martins, birds of many kinds, heck even insects that live on trees get wiped out- removing yet another source of food for birds- on and on it goes-
Look what is happening in florida- Pythons and Boas are absolutely devastating the everglades and wiping out entire species because the snakes are populating like crazy and there aren’t enough people to cull them quick enough. There was an article here not long ago stating that over 90% of the animals in that region are simply gone- The snakes are eating everything and wiping out food sources for those animals that they don’t eat- so those animals disappear as well
Managing nature is a tricky thing
What would you think if they showed up and asked to pay you to do this job? Kinda odd, right?
The responsible management of domestic and wild species includes culling. I don’t blame the natives at all for taking advantage of this market, either way. I’m glad the meat gets used and they are getting paid for the privilege of eating it.
Freegards
Didn’t you read the article? It’s full of reasons to do it.
That giraffe is not black. Dark, yes, black, no.
Wonder how big a giraffe ‘tender’ is?
The backstraps must be enormous.
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