Circle of Life: Elephants trample poacher, lions mop up

[hondo]

Rhino poacher trampled to death by elephants then eaten by lions at Kruger National Park in South Africa

I'm not against legal hunting. But don't ever assume the wildlife will go quietly.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

 

[DanOregon]

 

[swingline]

I'm gonna call him Stampy.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Rhino poacher trampled to death by elephants then eaten by lions at Kruger National Park in South Africa

I'm not against legal hunting. But don't ever assume the wildlife will go quietly.

See, I don’t like calling hunting a sport because the animals don’t have guns. But this episode makes things a little more fair.

 

[CD Boogie]

See, I don’t like calling hunting a sport because the animals don’t have guns. But this episode makes things a little more fair.

Do bowling pins have any defense?

/devil’s advocate

 

[hondo]

See, I don’t like calling hunting a sport because the animals don’t have guns. But this episode makes things a little more fair.

If you didn't have legal hunting the surplus animal population in some areas would out-grow the food supply and they'd die a slow death by starvation.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Does that apply to any animal besides deer?

 

[Fred siegle]

Do bowling pins have any defense?

/devil’s advocate

It’s a weak one, but it’s called the gutter. Sort of like a moat around a castle.

 

[Neutral Corner]

If you didn't have legal hunting the surplus animal population in some areas would out-grow the food supply and they'd die a slow death by starvation.

That's true when you talk about deer in a predator deprived forest. Africa, with AK-47 armed poachers killing already rare elephants and rhinos for their tusks and horns, is a different story.

 

[Neutral Corner]

I'm gonna call him Stampy.

When I was a kid I read a book by a guy who was a White Hunter in Africa from 1920 or so until the 50's. One of the things he did was to hunt rogue elephants. He saw a number of their kills. They'll run you down and stomp on you, sure, and they're a lot faster than you'd expect. Some would slap a man down with their trunk and then kneel on him,or gore with their tusks. Worst one to my mind was grabbing some poor ******* up by the legs and slapping him against a tree a few times.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

If you didn't have legal hunting the surplus animal population in some areas would out-grow the food supply and they'd die a slow death by starvation.

I don’t have objections to hunting per se. I just don’t like how it’s called a sport. A sport is supposed to be a competition.

 

[justgladtobehere]

You are competing against other people, who can get the most, who can get the rare one, who can get the biggest.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I don’t have objections to hunting per se. I just don’t like how it’s called a sport. A sport is supposed to be a competition.

Depends on which definition you're using.

Are the folks who go for a run (not doing a timed race) not participating in a sport?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Depends on which definition you're using.

Are the folks who go for a run (not doing a timed race) not participating in a sport?

Sure, because you’re competing against yourself to see if you can run.