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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 135 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good. Fuck trophy hunters. Deserved exactly what he got.

[–] Bort@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 month ago

Exactly my sentiment.

[–] lukaro@lemmy.zip 87 points 1 month ago

Is the bull okay?

[–] Fives@discuss.online 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hunting animals for trophies and prestige is straight-up fuckery and should be banned everywhere.

Fuck trophy hunters.

Sorry you lost your dad.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

A lot of those hunts are actually part of conservation efforts to cull older males who are stopping the younger ones from mating, and the money goes towards conservation.

[–] teohhanhui@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Looks like the older male got culled in this case lmao

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He could have donated a million dollars to conservation and hired a local conservation officer perform the culling. Instead he acted out his disgusting instinct to murder animals for fun (not for food and not for conservation).

Local hunters culling deer is fine. It needs to happen since humans have removed predators. People traveling to kill animals is them going out of their way to kill beautiful things for fun.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 11 points 1 month ago (5 children)

People getting their rocks off and pretending that they're engaging in a selfless pursuit. Keeping pieces of animals they/their handler killed, to remind them of what a good conservationist they are.

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not that the effect can't be good when properly researched and regulated. It's that I've simply got no respect nor sympathy for anyone who would find trophy hunting to be a fun activity worth paying for. Fuck 'em. If they cared about conservation, they could donate money to that effort. They want to kill animals for sport, that's their primary motivation.

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[–] Ruthalas 56 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] turdburglar@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

opened this thread to see this meme….so pleased to find it at the top.

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unprovoked

Unprovoked?! The guy was about to kill the buffalo. That was self defense.

[–] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Darwinism works all ways. If we kill the harmless animals, we're directly breeding more aggressive ones that will attack "unprovoked" because that's what saved their lives.

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

That may be the case, but African Buffalo are like one of the most dangerous animals to humans on the planet. They have long had the nickname of "Black Death" and "Widowmaker" by the locals because they are so aggressive. The bachelor buffalo (older males that don't travel with a herd anymore) are known to be the most dangerous. From the description that's what it sounds like they were tracking. So one of those dudes killing the shit out of someone isn't exactly uncommon even historically.

Some cracker ass rich dude hunting them and then being killed by one is kind of fucking hilarious. Can you imagine this dipshit thinking that a buffalo wouldn't trample the shit out of him cause his bank account had a bunch of 0's? I just imagine him turning around as he's being charged at and yelling, "You can't do this I have money!"

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

Finally some good news in this dystopian fucked up world.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Asher Watkins, 52, was tracking a 1.3 tonne Cape Buffalo bull, known as the Black Death, in the 50,000-acre Bambisana concession on Sunday when it suddenly charged at him at 35mph.

I don't know why, but j really enjoyed all the numbers in this article. The speed that the buffalo was going when it smashed into him is a detail that would be left out of most articles. But knowing that it was going 35mph makes it very impressive.

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

was tracking a 1.3 tonne Cape Buffalo bull, known as the Black Death

Man this descriptive title for the Bull makes me see why Monster Hunter and Xenoblade appeal to so many. We have real life tyrant animals that have fucking bounties on their heads and names like "Black Death" that have killed even the best travelers. Video games are real 🥹

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

Exactly. We get to play those games without the real world ecological catastrophe that is big game hunting.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm upset this very british tabloid didn't convert the weight to stone.

The bull weighs about 205 stone, btw.

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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 month ago

and nothing of value was lost

[–] Grizzlyboy@lemmy.zip 32 points 1 month ago

There are a lot oh scummy people, but trophy hunters are one of the worst. Traveling around the word just to kill rare and endangered animals, and brag about it. Those monsters deserve to lose out on existence.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago
[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Trophy hunting is, without question, one of the most vile, pathetic displays of small-minded vanity a man can engage in.

Picture him in his trophy room, basking in his own imagined glory, mentally masturbating himself over the senseless killing of a completely innocent creature. It is revolting

the justification is that they at least funnel money into conservation.

but that's like saying that if for every child raped in Epstein island he would have donated enough to save 2 children in a poor country then that island was OK.

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[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 21 points 1 month ago

This is so sad. Why couldn’t this have happened sooner?

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 16 points 1 month ago

Good. More.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

I hope it hurt a lot. Imagine the pain he's caused so many animals.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I love poetic justice

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 month ago

Uplifting news.

[–] TimboSlice@discuss.online 13 points 1 month ago

Uplifting news to start my day!

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Good. Love to see it. 10/10 do it again.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago
[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

When the leopards are otherwise occupied, the bulls take up the slack!

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago

Literally got his face eaten

[–] Babalugats@feddit.uk 11 points 1 month ago

The only truly sad thing about this, is that a lot of hunters are going to sign up to go there to kill that bull.

[–] krigo666@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Survival of the fittest.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 11 points 1 month ago

I guess it's... puts on sunglasses A bull market YYYYYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH

[–] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago
[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 10 points 1 month ago
[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 10 points 1 month ago

Hopefully it was slow and lasted a few hours.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

If they wanna call it a “sport” then they need to have both sides win and lose equally.

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 9 points 1 month ago

Mofo got luigi'd

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago

So.... what's for lunch today?

[–] astrsk@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

Let me guess, the “found” a “ghost gun” in the bull’s backpack?

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

Oh, what a shame! If anyone needs me I'll be having a cry into my champagne on my chaise lounge.

[–] jouhija@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago
[–] nednobbins@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

As unlikable as this fellow may be, hunters are generally some of the strongest advocates for environmental protection.

They generally aren't completely stupid and they know that their hobby depends on a thriving ecosystem so they tend to take action to preserve them.

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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 month ago

Karma is a bitch.

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