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2018-07-02 Africa Subsaharan

American game hunter sparks outrage after slaughtering a very rare black giraffe on South African hunt

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-02 08:11|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Meanwhile, the game farm owner smiles whilst the headman of the local municipality sells the meat to villagers and buys a new Rover with the licensing proceeds from her hunt. Isn't tribal governance grand ?

Nicely done Tess, nicely done.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-02 08:20|| 2018-07-02 08:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Look, Ma! I've contributed to the demise of a rare species!

Posted by gorb 2018-07-02 10:56|| 2018-07-02 10:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Wonder what the bounty on rap singers is?

Posted by Skidmark 2018-07-02 11:11|| 2018-07-02 11:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Wonder what the bounty on rap singers is?

Freebie. Witness Tupac...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-07-02 13:19|| 2018-07-02 13:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Why on earth would anyone want to kill such a magnificent animal.

You know, I am an avid hunter but some times these trophy hunters just drive me nuts.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-07-02 15:32|| 2018-07-02 15:32|| Front Page Top

#6 I certainly understand the feelings, but when you dig deeper into these, the money goes along way with conservation efforts there, just like hunting here funds it. I agree it'd be better if she had taken something more numerous.

One last thing, extinction happens with or without us. I agree we should try to help keep species around but sometimes theres a good reason they are dying out, they can't survive in the wild and nature will be nature, if you can't survive, you die.

Posted by Silentbrick 2018-07-02 16:20|| 2018-07-02 16:20|| Front Page Top

#7 The other end of the diamond trade. One should ask, what exactly am I funding ?

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-02 17:11|| 2018-07-02 17:11|| Front Page Top

#8 this rare black giraffe bull

If I understand that phrase correctly, the animal is rare because it is black, and it is black because it is old. Twenty years or so seems to be the lifespan in the wild. Most animals don't die of old age.

Posted by SteveS 2018-07-02 17:43|| 2018-07-02 17:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Had it already bred? Quick search says maturity is at 6, wild lifespan 25. Old buck's slaying made room for some of his descendants.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-07-02 18:27|| 2018-07-02 18:27|| Front Page Top

#10 First, ToysRUs, then this. Our Giraffe Community weeps

Posted by Frank G 2018-07-02 21:03|| 2018-07-02 21:03|| Front Page Top

#11 Old Blackie will be missed, but at least Tess got her happy snap.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-02 21:04|| 2018-07-02 21:04|| Front Page Top

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