Shooting an elephant is easy. Killing it, before it stomps you to death, is the tricky part.
Posted on 04/16/2012 5:45:32 PM PDT by SJackson
MADRID – In one fell swoop, King Juan Carlos of Spain has managed to unite right and left, young and old, those with jobs and those without in universal outrage over his tone-deaf African hunting safari.
As Spain foundered amid economic woes, what did the 74-year-old monarch do? He slipped away to hunt elephants in southern Africa. Let's count the ways that miscalculation of elephantine proportions has turned into a public relations disaster.
— A lavish trip amid severe economic pain at home.
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I guess I will go up in flames w/ you, but I think it’s disgusting.
Boy howdy, I know I’m seriously impressed when a man kills an elephant w/ a baseball bat. Are you serious or did you accidentally leave the sarcasm tag off?
Real men kill animals for food & have dogs & cats they love.
I’ve seen a lot of elephants out in the bush. I could no sooner shoot an elephant than I would a cow out in some farmer’s field. I’m not a very good marksman, but even I could hit an elephant. Not a whole lot of sport involved.
Yeah, I agree. someone thought that was a good idea and then convinced 3 or 4 other people to put that dead elephant in that position.
Shooting an elephant is easy. Killing it, before it stomps you to death, is the tricky part.
I was once out in the bush in Cameroun with a couple of colleagues and an Ibo guide. We came across a herd at a watering hole. The guide kept us from getting any closer than a hundred yards or so. The best way to avoid getting stepped on by one of those brutes is not to get too close to them and not get too far away from your Land Cruiser. Oh, and DON’T wear a white t-shirt.
I know what you mean......
Many years ago I attended a party of the daughter of the guy who founded and owns Magna Port in Mt. Clemens, MI.
I have never seen such a display of mounted animals in my entire life, they were everywhere! Foot stools made out of elephants feet...etc.
While the company was raking in money, I guess all this guy did was go on safaris........His particular thrill was killing these exotics with high powered, scoped handguns.
Yep, you wouldn’t understand, even when elephants are over populating their range, and the locals need the income and meat for their own survival... SHEEESH
JC
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