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These photos came up in my news feed today. Is this American culture or is this friend apon in the US too. I like the guy for what he puts into moto but I think this is absurd.
I guess this is moto related because I'm thinking about the chances of this affecting sponsored riders that wear the JJ brand, since this photo is getting so much hate on FB. I know I wouldn't be proud to be at one with JJ.
Feel free to move this to non moto.
I guess this is moto related because I'm thinking about the chances of this affecting sponsored riders that wear the JJ brand, since this photo is getting so much hate on FB. I know I wouldn't be proud to be at one with JJ.
Feel free to move this to non moto.
The Shop
1.) Poacher = douchbag
2.) Shooting fish in a bucket = douchbag
Are you a fan of Grant Langston? He gave us one hell of a 2007 outdoor season, and he speaks out against mindless sport hunting like this frequently. So he's crazy? It's called compassion. I assume speaking to you would be like speaking to a brick-redneck-wall - comments like yours keep me continuously disappointed in people.
See, I can be just as dumb as you.
Pictures like this circulate every once in awhile so people can look at them on facebook and reaffirm their sense of morality by showing some sort of outrage. They're circulated by users to boost the ego of the user as a form cognitive confirmation. The nature of social media creates a feedback loop for these posts.
Anyways, the people who shoot these animals aren't doing it through tag raffles like you would for a run of the mill elk or deer shoot. They are typically sold to high bidders and bids go into the 6 figures. The animals that are killed are singled out and the hunter is only allowed to take that particular animal which the park, nature reserve, whatever rangers have been monitoring extensively for a long period of time. Those animals you see were sold as trophies before the shooter set foot in that country.
The reason they do this is two fold. 1. The park deals with a limited number of animals of a particular species and, as a result, there are sometimes outliers that create risk for the other members of the species. Oftentimes it's older males that grow too old but at the same time too strong. They will lose reproductive viability but still be able to kill younger males looking to mate. This is common with rhinos. These animals threaten future generations and so the wildlife reserve will single them out to be culled from the population for the preservation of the species.
2. These parks struggle to raise enough money through donations to pay for staff and equipment to help the wildlife. The people who talk about how much they want to save endangered animals typically don't give large sums of money to the nature reserves. The sport hunters, however, are willing to pay huge amounts of money ($100,000 goes a long way in any African country).
So the reserves pick 1 animal that needs to be removed, they sell that animal to the highest bidder and they end up with someone willing to pay them a large amount of money to do a chore for them.
Policing poachers is very expensive. Oddly enough, the contributions made by these hunters are the largest source of funding for policing that these places get.
Pit Row
His lack of depth really shows through in the trophy pics... who is he trying to impress? Why? What's it worth?
There's no justifying this type of shit.
I mean, you can eat a cow, they're bred for it, but wtf man, it's not like these animals are doing great. Canned, injured, old... who cares. I just don't get it. I don't care if you disagree, because I know people won't change on this one, it's just fucking silly. Go basejumping. Go ride. Go fuck a pitbull.
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