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Millionaire US big game hunter is trampled to death by elephants
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An oxymoron if I ever saw one.
Eh, there are times for it. Consider hunting invasive species harming the local ecosystem. I'm not saying that was what this guy was doing but if someone wants to go down to the Everglades and hunt Burmese pythons and argintine tegus I'm all for it.
It sucks that the hunted invasive animals have to die through no fault of their own, but it would be even worse for the native animals to go extinct by not hunting the invasives.
I only ethically murder babies who have a chance of crawling away from me.
Oh i love this conversation.
So do I asses right that you think all hunting is unethical?
So lets imagine situation:
You own a animal sactuary in Africa. There is population of lions living in there is lets say one lion pride and few solidary males roaming the area. Great job! Lions are listed as vulnerable species. They are not quite endangered, but very close. Everything is fine and dandy.
Then one day you notice that the dominant male of the pride has grown old and infertile, but he is still strong enough to ward off the younger males of so they cant copulate with the lionesses and there is very real change the pride will go few years without cubs. Is it ethical to let the male lion live, even when there is chance it will effect the prides abilibity to grow and survive?
Or what if one of the males outside of the pride starts to show excessive agression towards cubs and other adults? Would it be ethical to let it kill or maim other animals?
Or if one of the lions start to kill other animals more than it can eat. Would it be ethical to just let it keep doing that and leave tens of carcasses behind?
Go into an indigenous community like a First Nations reserve, or rural Africa where the people still practice subsistance hunting and tell them this.
Let me know how it goes. They'll see it as bigotry. Deservedly so.
The sustainable hunter gatherers left on earth look poorly upon your high-and mighty opinions perched on top of the privilege afforded by a fossil fuel powered agricultural-industrial complex that has eliminated most wilderness and biodiversity for monoculture farms. Humans are about 36% of earth mamalian biomass. Livestock is about 60%. Wild mammals are down to 4%.
It's a similar case for vegans. Their moral superiority is founded on an agricultural-industrial reality that while one of the superior options, practices an unsustainable method.
Your righteous indignation is an error. Your perspective is flawed because it's anchored in a tiny worldview's normalcy bias and personal privilege.
Don't be that person. Something something, stones and glass houses.
Ooh, I wonder why that got your emotions so flared up. That says something.
Looks like trolls are trollin'.
Be that as it may, there is a need for such things, since our species has wiped out so many natural predators.