Hunter Pays More Than $60,000 To Kill African Elephant
A German hunter paid £39,000 to kill an elephant, considered the biggest elephant killed in almost 30 years.
Click here for reuse options!Barely three months after the shooting of Cecil the lion caused global outrage, a German hunter has risked the wrath of animal lovers once more by shooting dead one of the largest elephants ever seen in Zimbabwe.
Mystery surrounded the identity of the elephant, which was estimated to have been between 40 and 60 years old, but had never been seen before in Zimbabwe’s southern Gonarezhou National Park.
But its tusks, which almost touch the ground in a photograph taken moments after its shooting, confirmed its exceptional nature, weighing a combined 120lb.
It was shot on October 8 in a private hunting concession bordering Gonarezhou by a hunter who paid $60,000 (£39,000) for a permit to land a large bull elephant and was accompanied by a local, experienced professional hunter celebrated by the hunting community for finding his clients large elephants.
The German national, who the hunt’s organisers have refused to name, had travelled to Zimbabwe to conduct a 21-day game hunt including the Big Five of elephants, leopards, lions, buffalo and rhinoceros.
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15 responses to Hunter Pays More Than $60,000 To Kill African Elephant
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KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker October 16th, 2015 at 07:04
Sickening.
I’ll never understand the disgusting minds of trophy hunters and those who profit from just killing for the sake of killing.
rg9rts October 16th, 2015 at 07:19
Its when they squat to pee that it all makes sense
whatthe46 October 16th, 2015 at 09:50
good one.
rg9rts October 16th, 2015 at 07:18
Its always about the € € € …you see his wee wee substitute
DogsRgoodpeople October 16th, 2015 at 07:24
It makes absolutely no sense.
Anomaly 100 October 16th, 2015 at 07:33
Disgusting!
William October 16th, 2015 at 09:00
I have nothing against elephant hunting as long as the hunter is killed humanely
Suzanne McFly October 16th, 2015 at 09:42
I am sorry, I cannot read this story. I just came to read the comments and it makes my heart smile when I see we are all on the same page. How can you murder a beautiful animal just to say you did this? Who finds that honorable? There is a special place in hell for these bastards and the sooner they go there the better the rest of us will be.
whatthe46 October 16th, 2015 at 09:57
leopards and lions don’t travel in herds, leopards are taken care of by one parent the mother. if she dies so does her cubs. we know for the most part that hunters favorites are the male lions, and when he kills them, especially if they are the head of a pride, his cubs will likely be murdered as well.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker October 16th, 2015 at 10:53
You are correct, but these murdering SOB’s couldn’t give a damn about the cruelty they inflict.
whatthe46 October 16th, 2015 at 12:10
true words.
tracey marie October 16th, 2015 at 12:15
WHY? this is the most disgusting display of human callousness.
Um Cara October 16th, 2015 at 12:20
Remember kids, when you are sitting down at Thanksgiving dinner with your generally likable uncle who spouts off some stupid conservative talking point he heard on talk radio… he’s not that bad, he’s just uninformed… there are people who FUCKING KILL ELEPHANTS just so they can take a FUCKING SELFIE with the corpse.
Warman1138 October 16th, 2015 at 13:30
Some day years from now someone, probably a child will ask ” Where did they all go? ” And this morons prideful moment will achieve it’s full intent.
Bunya October 16th, 2015 at 13:55
There are no disgusting animals. Only disgusting humans. What does it say about the human race when we’re allowed to hunt animals to extinction for a price? And we’re supposed to be the intelligent species????