How to kill an elephant, your online reputation and anger a swarm of mosquitoes
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And good for you to write this blog, Jacques! There are times when the wild and mankind intersect but for such proud species as elephants and leopards to be gunned down, just to satisfy the ego of one man, its a shame. It takes many drops of water to make an ocean but each drop is necessary. If there were no rain drops, we wouldn’t have the oceans, or even rain. Corporate empires are built w/ money, so like those drops that make up the ocean, if we take the money away from that corporation, there won’t be much of an empire left. The power of one has just been doubled, so lets see if we can start an exodus of rain drops supporting the ego of both Bobs you wrote about above.
There has never been a time in history where so many species have been affected by mankind. However, today, its within mankind’s power to prevent this from occurring. Maybe the prevention of mankind’s extinction process has started with this simple blog. It has to start one day or mankind will be the only species left on earth.
Great post. I didn’t see the full video he posted, I wouldn’t even want to but the little I saw where he was posing with this great creature was enough to turn my stomach. It made me wish I had some GD accounts to cancel. There is always a way to handle these situations rather than shooting the elephant. I saw a gentleman last night on the news discussing the use of bees as well as electric fences. Albeit there is not currently any electricity in that area that could be changed and in the meantime bees could be used.
Those who hunt big game disgust me, and they are only a few bucks away from hunting humans. Which sadly does happen yet is never spoke of.
Thanks Tom – much appreciated!
I’m not a treehugger, I do eat meat, I pollute and I do get tired of people that constantly bash corporations for all the (perceived) bad they do – but, killing animals for pleasure/prowess is just too much.
Parson won’t miss my bucks. But perhaps it is a signal to other wannabe ‘heroes’. Or maybe they just keep their hunting even more secret from now on. In that case they become more vulnerable for exposure later on. It’s now up to the watchdogs to keep the pressure on. As you put it: every little drop helps.
What a shame!
Did he really think he could just do what he did, plus out it on the web?
Great post, Jacques!
Hi SME,
I read they could use impregnated wire as well. Thanks to the internet, research has become so much easier. If he was really concerned about crops, he could have donated it to the farmers? To me it sounds like lame excuses… I figure humans are hunted as well,yes – unfortunately no game-hunters are hunted – that would level the playfield…
Cristina,
Apparently he did – underestimating the power of social media and not realising he lost touch with the sentiments of the people out there. But he is not the first CEO to suffer from that.
Thanks for commenting!
You write beautifully and unlike me, you actually know what the hell you’re talking about
Thanks so much for using my badge. It means a lot.
I’m glad to see the commenters on this post share the same sentiments as you and I.
Thanks Sarah – both for commenting and the badges! I sure hope this creates awareness – not only by the public in the general, but also by researchers and philantropists: they are spending millions on curing Aids and malaria, but in a sense that aggrevates the problems for wildlife – especially in weak countries with little to no law-enforcement to protect the game.
Great post JJJ, as always well said. I love the arrogance; we have usurped the natural ranges of these animals and we blame them for acting like…well…animals.
Thanks – at last a ‘good’ Bob in this post… Very true – but sadly, we act like animals ourselves – a few millennia of ‘civilization’ has brought us, well….. bigger guns….
I had to stand up for the name,after all! Sadly, bigger guns and no increase in cranial volume.
So true Bob and JJJ. We categorized these animals in whatever way most benefits the humans (and I use that term loosely). It is much the same as the aerial wolf hunts here in Alaska. The Moose and caribou herds are dwindling because of hunting yet we blame the wolves and shoot them from above. It makes me sick. If any area is overwhelmed with wolves then move them, don’t shoot them. But that doesn’t satisfy the out of state buddies of our politicians that want to bag a bear or a moose so instead they make up an issue with wolves to kill them.
Several years ago I was meeting with a potential client, and walked into their house (their offices were located on the property) and felt as if I had walked into a big game reserve. My God I was shocked at all the beautiful animals that had died just to give them bragging rights in their great room. It sickened me and I walked out. It just shows what big money buys these people.
I never understand where the proclaimed ‘sportsmanship’ comes in when hunting animals. You know upfront that you’re going to ‘win’, as the gun is selected for that hunt – if not, you would take a bigger gun, right? It would be a fair match if you go out bare-handed: try to kill the animal with sticks or rocks – if you feel the primal urge to kill an animal for fun in the first place, that is, of course. To me those trophies and pics are nothing more than a pathetic display of lack of respect, civilization and sportsmanship – exactly the opposite of what the proud hunter tries to achieve.
I have no issue with real hunting, especially for those that do subsistence hunting. But those that hunt for sport make me ill.
@ SME: those hunters don’t post videos online, broadly smiling…