Posted on 06/08/2007 4:17:56 AM PDT by rickdylan
Girl kills elephant with 83-lb bow
One of the more unusual stories I've seen on the archery forums recently...
And if this is Africa, now she’s going to jail.
Is there more to this story? Usually, killing an elephant will get you incarcerated for poaching- or shot.
Am I mistaken?
Read G. Orwell, ‘Killing an Elephant’ I think that was the name of the short story. It breaks your heart.
By the way, I strongly object to that person being classified as a girl until we can get independant confirmation. Please retitle “Thing kills Elephant” until such time.
Looks like she’s standing well back from a small elephant. Photo trick like the kid with the giant pig?
A small elephant with yard long tusks?
Which one is the elephant?
I’m surprised a girl can even pull an 80+ lb bow
Awesome!
And there is of course the wackos either whining its a girl, its the elephant or its a deadly weapon.
The girl would be more than YOU could handle, much less the elephant....
Reading the article elicits very little respect for this show-off hunter. She says that in semi-darkness she fired one arrow into one of a group of the pachydermsi, left (presumably for a good night’s sleep), and found “him” (probably her) the next morning. Very un-cool, lady!
Elephants are intelligent, social animals. No responsible hunter would wound game and then go off and abandon it. Of course, only a jerk would attack one elephant in a herd. There was no reason for this killing, other than to flatter the ego of a brainless biped female.
The picture shows no sign that the flesh of the hapless animal is even being bled and processed for human consumption. (It is edible: I have had elephant burgers myself.)
It is a shame that people treat the most noble of animals this way. Why can’t this girl just go play dumb video games, like a normal youngster?
It certainly looks like an African elephant.
They encourage hunting in areas in which elephants are overpopulated. Elephants have the same basic problem which deer have in that they can quickly overgraze an area and then all starve.
The legal limit if there is such a thing would be for MINIMUM poundage, which would probably be about 80.
I wish they would put her a$$ in jail!
She should be made to field dress it and eat all of it!
Killing animals for sport is just plain wrong IMO, especially ENDANGERED animals!!!! I don’t understand the pleasure of killing an innocent animal.
I don’t have a problem with folks hunting when a certain species is overpopulated and in danger of starving (i.e. deer hunting).
there are many areas that are inundated with Pachyderms and are legally hunted. It is a necessity is some parts of Africa.
Check your facts.
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