Elephant "hunting"

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sitting here watching the Outdoor network, there's a show about big game hunting in Africa. They're hunting elephants.

I--I'm sorry, "hunting" elephants"

Sorry, but you don't "hunt" something that's standing there 20 feet away looking at you.

YTF would you want to kill an elephant in the first place? Population control? HA!

^Actually that is illegal due elephants are on the endanger species list.

yeah, it's not like you can tie them up and carry them off on your back.

I wonder what elephant tastes like, I am thinking of some Flintstones sized ribs, my friend went to a restaurant called Carnivore, in Nairobi Kenya, they roast the meat on those long Maasi spears.
http://www.africanmeccasafaris.com/keny ... nivore.asp

Some African nations actually have healthy elephant populations and the only way to keep them at sustainable levels is to hunt them. The hunts are carefully regulated and not open to just anybody. It is also a major source of income for the people who live in these areas.

On the planet I was supposed to go to, the people and the elephants coexist peacefully and happily

Elephants are very intelligent animals; who knows, possibly more intelligent than us. We know their memories are far superior to ours. We've just recently learned that they communicate with each other using sub-sonic frequencies. Who are we to "cull" elephants? Perhaps they should be culling us

I've seen there are TV shows about elephants going after people. Good for them; it's about time!

Actually, the usual arrangement is that the hunter gets whatever trophies he wants, then the rest of the meat goes to the PH and his crew. It's not like the old west and buffalo where they took the skin and left the meat to rot, very little actually goes to waste. Without hunting, many of the native farmers view large land mammals as pest animals that damage their crops, and kill them as such. By attaching a large revenue stream to them, the locals view them as a source of income and take much better care of them than they otherwise would. Hunters are actually some of the most conservation minded people out there, many wilderness preserves here in the states owe their existence to hunters. Look a little more carefully before you demonize someone.

^Fascinating. Do you have any sources?