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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat a CROCK: A crocodile hunter gets eaten by crocodiles
Just when you think there's no ying & yang balance in the world, the guy (Scott Van Zyl) who sold a guarantee hunters could kill 9 fifferent species, winds up on the menu.
According to Yahoo News
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Man who made his living killing African wildlife gets eaten by African wildlife
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https://www-yahoo-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/tech/man-made-living-killing-african-wildlife-gets-eaten-000029146.html
Tisk Tisk .....but Karma is bliss!
ornotna
(10,763 posts)malaise
(267,801 posts)Well done crocs!!!
ornotna
(10,763 posts)BigOleDummy
(2,260 posts)breaks my heart. lol, I know I shouldn't think its funny, someone getting killed, but still ....... take THAT, you piece of shit ! Wonder if he had time to appreciate the irony?
duncang
(1,907 posts)malaise
(267,801 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)Siwsan
(26,177 posts)I can't even shed 'crocodile tears' for this guy.
Response to laserhaas (Original post)
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madokie
(51,076 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)If it's so legal and regulated, they why are animals on the precipice of extinction? I have know many people that have gone on highly regulated camera safari's and tours. National refuges throughout Africa don't have near enough guardsmen to protect highly endangered species.
Most go the slaughtered animals are killed for their tusks, fur, spleens, tiger penis' so insecure little guys can get a hard on.
The amount of damage that done in the world because people think it's soooooo kewl to have a lion head on their walls don't create one ounce of sympathy when they have lived by the sword and then die by it.
Permanut
(5,436 posts)a victory for the earth. The crocs should put his head on their wall.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,786 posts)Permanut
(5,436 posts)I am sorry for the family's loss.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Perhaps the hunter's previous victims had mates and families as well...
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,786 posts)They aren't responsible regardless of how many animals died.
The wife may have been trying to get the hunter to stop for years.
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Cant wait for a whale ship...to be swallowed ny a whale.
Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)alittlelark
(18,886 posts)Most are on 'Private Preserves' - as was this one. The $$$ from the wealthy sociopathic clients that want to KILL Beautiful Animals goes into the owners pocket.
Sometimes Mother Nature strikes back.
malaise
(267,801 posts)I am not shedding a tear for anyone who is killed by an animal while trying to make a trophy of said animal, reptile, bird or whatever. Fuck that. Kill for greed and pleasure and I'll celebrate your end.
Laffy Kat
(16,354 posts)Not all hunters are equal, IMO. He got what was coming to him, just like the bull-fighter who gets gored while torturing an animal to entertain people.
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)Joyful, even. There are far too many humans on the planet, and we need to be culled both for our own good, and the good of the broader ecosystem. It's good that the scum go first, especially when they die at the hands other life, and in turn become food for that other life.
sarisataka
(18,215 posts)Is a grey area
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Ya gets one of my rare, 3 Smiley awards
malaise
(267,801 posts)paleotn
(17,778 posts)...and we're lunch for a whole host of predators. It was that way for millions of years.
IronLionZion
(45,256 posts)Zoo veterinarian helping a sick crocodile with antibiotics
Yavin4
(35,356 posts)Crocodiles 1
Scott Van Zyl 0
Don't think that there will be a re-match.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)It was
Scott Van Zyl: hundreds.
Crocs: 1.
And there will be re-matches. Someone will take Van Zyl's place.
There's money to be made.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)while slaughtering the many, for the joy of a few
You know...like a politico tyrant
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Out for the sheer thrill of killing for the sake of it. They make me sick.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)If only they could go after their prey, mano a mano - in other words with only the weapons they prey have. That would command my respect.
benld74
(9,888 posts)Response to laserhaas (Original post)
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Revanchist
(1,375 posts)Otherwise you're implying that every animal species is either an herbivore or a carrion eater.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)That he didn't get eaten by one of his 'trophies' sooner.
Ladygrey
(8 posts)My very first post! I truly believe humans are upsetting the natural balance of this planet by overpopulating. We are not leaving enough wild spaces to allow the other species of plants & animals to survive. And every species that goes extinct diminishes the planet & makes it less likely that we will survive. African wildlife, like other parts of the world, is mostly disappearing due to habitat loss, poaching & human-animal conflicts. But trophy hunting also plays a part. For one thing, trophy hunters are, duh, hunting for 'trophy caliber' animals. That means they are taking out the biggest & best from the gene pool, which is bad for the species. Killing the strongest & best leaves the rest of the pack, pride or herd vulnerable to other prey animals & death. But trophy hunters don't care. They are rich, selfish sociopaths who get a thrill from killing a living creature. There is nothing noble or brave about them. And the money they spend mostly goes into the pockets of corrupt government officials who do not give a rat's ass about their country or the environment. So when one of these entitled assholes gets killed doing their dirty business, I celebrate. May it be a warning to other hunters.
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)I just loaded up a few YouTube videos yesterday with E.O. Wilson.
Havent watched them yet, he advocates setting aside 1/2 of the earth for conservation.
How to save life on Earth, according to E.O. Wilson
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)malaise
(267,801 posts)Welcome
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Did the hunter taste like chicken?
To bad.
Only fair.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Are there any cannibals left in this world?
We could ask them to solve this thingy.