Elephant hunting story in the UK press

[Adrian]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...e-hunters-shoot-kill-member-herd-Namibia.html


'Hit it between the eyes': Elephants charge at hunters after they shoot and kill a member of the herd in Namibia

 

[BRICKBURN]

That video will be popular.

 

[JPbowhunter]

Here we go

 

[Hank2211]

Watched it and have two questions.

First, how did the Daily Mail get a copy of the video? I'd be surprised if there was a more anti-hunting media outlet in existence, and feeding it is not a good idea.

Second, what exactly did they expect was going to happen? I can't tell if they shot a bull or a cow, though I assume since it had (small-ish) tusks, it was a bull (and they called it "him"). Either way, they shot it from a "family" group with elephant calves present. Traumatizing elephants is never a good idea - they will only act badly going forward. I wouldn't be critical of this hunt in public - to each their own so long as legal - but not my cup of tea.