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Big game hunter crushed to death
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...nter--10469997
A professional big game hunter is dead after he was crushed by a wounded elephant as it was fatally shot. Theunis Botha, 51, was on a hunt in Gwai, Zimbabwe, when his gro[/URL]up was charged by four breeding elephants. A female elephant picked up Botha in her trunk after he fired at the others and collapsed on top of him - crushing him to death - after she was shot by another hunter. Heartbroken friends described the married father-of-five as a "legend", while opponents of big game hunting offered little sympathy following his passing. Theunis Botha was killed by an elephant when he was on a hunt in Zimbabwe (Photo: Facebook) Botha often took wealthy foreigners on hunts for leopards and other animals (Photo: Theunis Botha/Youtube) Botha and two other men pose with the giant tusks of an elephant Botha, from the South African town of Tzaneen, and the rest of the group were out for a walk on Friday afternoon when they came across the herd. A source told Netwerk24 that Botha shot at three elephant cows as they stormed the hunters. A fourth cow stormed from the side, lifted Botha with her trunk and was fatally shot by another hunter. The elephant then collapsed onto Botha. Elephants and lions were among the animals hunted during Botha's safaris Botha came from a family of cattle ranchers and big game hunters Botha and another man pose with a crocodile that was killed during a hunt The South African specialised in big game safaris and often took wealthy foreigners on hunts for lions, leopards and other animals after founding his own company in the 1980s. Friends paid tribute to him on Facebook, where one wrote: "RIP Theunis Botha. Our heartfelt condolences to Carike and family. He was a great man! So sad!" Botha's company was called Theunis Botha Big Game Safaris and Hounds One of Botha's friends (not pictured) was recently killed by a crocodile during a hunt Another friend added: "A legend has fallen but will never be forgotten... It's with a sad heart that we say goodbye to you Oom Theunis Botha. Our deepest condolences to the family. May God be with you all in this difficult time." Critics of big game hunting responded with little sympathy. One person wrote: "You should be crying for the innocent elephant that was senselessly murdered not this idiot hunter who deserved what he got." Heartbroken friends described Botha as a "legend" of big game hunting (Photo: Facebook) The married father-of-five ran his own safari company out of South Africa (Photo: Theunis Botha/Youtube) Botha's friend, Scott van Zyl, 44, was killed by crocodiles during a hunt in Zimbabwe last month, Netwerk24 reported. Botha's company, called Theunis Botha Big Game Safaris and Hounds, as he was known to hunt with dogs, is a family operation run with his wife Carike. In 1878 his ancestors moved into a wild and rugged region of South Africa, becoming cattle ranchers and hunters, the firm's website states. It adds: "In the year of ’66 Theunis became the latest addition to his family, and was privileged to be raised in the ways of the bush and its people." He served in the South African infantry during the Angolan War and left the Army after reaching the rank of sergeant. After returning home he started offering hunting safaris in 1989 to pay for his studies, and completed a degree in psychology and anthropology in 1991. His first client, Bill Reynolds, from the US state of Montana, hunted a leopard on the family's game ranch bordering Kruger National Park after his hounds picked up the animal's scent, the website states. It added that Botha pioneered traditional European-style Monteria hunts, where game are driven with dogs, in South Africa. |
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As an evolutionist I value human life above animal life because of our capacity for thought and emotion. Likewise I value the life of an elephant more than I do a mayfly, or a dolphin more than I do a squirrel or a gorilla more than a goat or a squirrel more than an E. coli.
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Ringling Bros. had their last circus yesterday. Elephants have no moar use . Might as well kill them all.
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I'm not against hunting. But I am against TROPHY hunting, hunting just for a trophy. He killed an amazing and rare animal just for the sake of stroking his ego and bragging rights. IMO that is morally reprehensible. Not at all the same as killing a (more than abundant) deer for food, or eating a stupid ****ing cow. And the whole conservation idea some of you are pushing is NOT the reason he killed the elephant. None of those guys give a hoot about the animals. They kill for the thrill of killing a rare and majestic animal, and for their enormous egos. Not at all justifiable.
And the whole "their government does it for conservation" is just bullshit. Their governments do it for MONEY. They are poor and corrupt countries. |
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You say human and universal laws can be incompatible. Fair enough. My point is not that human laws point out mortality. Rather, game laws are designed to maximize the numbers of particular species. If he's lawfully hunting elephants, it means that game biologists determined that removing a certain number of elephants benefits that species. And the funds he paid to do that further benefit the species. Again, we can reasonably disagree whether such policies are ben facial or not. We can reasonably disagree about the best way to promote elephant herds. But it is a twisted **** that is glad a person dies simply because of disagreement about game management principles. You say there is beauty in the elephant kill g this guy. No beauty but I admit I respect this guy for facing his mortality and risking death much like I admire a mountain climber who dies. But I don't rejoice in his death. Check out Reddit.com/r/natureismetal Then tell me how wonderful animals are to each other. Tell me how humans are different. Nature is red in tooth and claw. It isn't a bunch of bundle of sticks animals singing Hakuna Matata. And I respect someone with the balls to confront their own mortality vis a vis facing the real prospect of death while hunting large game far more than someone whose idea of danger is driving home from work every day. |
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