Jakearoo if you changed "killing Elephants for fun" to "hunting Elephants for sport" it would be less provocative and you could still make your point. I spend too much money and sixty or so days a year hunting Quail for sport. I would be offended if someone suggested I killed them for fun.
Best,
Mike
Mike, You know, you make a good point. The sport of hunting is a glorious thing. I have often thought the act of killing at the end of the hunt is bitter sweet. It certainly has a dark side. But, it is the culmination of the whole epic.
I guess with me, seeing a dove or pheasant or duck or even a deer fall is unpleasant but the interaction with nature and all in the chase makes it not too bitter a pill. And then, you get to take home all that wonderful meat and figure out glorious things to do with it. For me, at some tender age I saw films of Elephants shot and collapsing into dead heaps on the ground in rather dramatic fashion. By the way, these were sportsman's films not anti-hunter PITA stuff.
Some on here have said the Elephant populations are now substantial and increasing, and need for responsible thinning is not lost one me. Nor is the concept of hunters taking lots of dollars into those poor economies thus encouraging the protection of the species.
Unfortunately, I still see a magnificent animal that lives a LONG time, shot down dead for insufficient reason. But then, I have never been Elephant hunting either and don't like to shoot guns with huge explosions and hard kicks.
Best Regards, Jake
