When I think of exotic animals like elephants and rino's, I thank God for the hunters who have paid the way to protect and save these magnificent beasts from poachers. Poachers are thieves who destroy and steal from the good, hunters pay millions of dollars to hunt game in Africa, the money is used to protect the animals, the meat stays to feed the local people, the animals are now treated as valuable natural renewable resources managed for the good of the people and wildlife instead of destroying the habitat for farming and treating the animals as nuisances. If only America could do this and return the bison, caribou, elk, moose and all of the other valuable renewable natural resources we've run off this land in the name of farming and civilization.
A lot of people say they love animals but really know nothing about them. Anyone who thinks a human hunter is cruel has never seen how predators kill. Many predators will start eating prey long before the prey is actually dead. Predators don't follow laws, seasons or even codes of conduct, natural predators don't know about mercy.
Anti hunters don't set aside land, restore habitat, or even contribute money for every day conservation issues like hunters do. I have yet to hear an anti hunter tell me how they plan to replace hunting money for conservation if they actually succeed in stopping hunting? How are anti hunters going to replace all of the hunting industry jobs? I have yet to hear how anti hunters plan to stop wide spread starvation, disease and overpopulation with out hunting? This belief that humans are not predators, that humans can live with out killing other animals, that somehow we've outgrown the need to hunt is crazy! Why don't we all rip out our teeth and replace them with teeth meant to chew cud? What next, you outlaw the wolf from hunting? We can convert wolves over to dog food right? Bears mountain lions and bobcats stop killing! Eat kibble n bits, it's good for you! F#$% crazy!
Before anyone snivels to me about how cruel hunting is, stop, think, could you survive in the wild? I could and have. If you crashed in a jungle, do you want to be with PETA members or hunters? Do you think a hippo or lion pride would treat PETA members more ethically than any other prey or intruder? I'll tell ya what wolves would do to stupid PETA people in the wild. The same thing they do to predator stupid deer, slaughter them all just for the fun of it. Mother Natures way of saying you're too stupid to live, only the strongest and smartest survive. The further away we get from nature, the more stupid people live, the dumber society gets.