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[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago
[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 hours ago

Trophies wouldn't mean a damn thing if this didn't happen now and then.

They still don't, but they wouldn't.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 10 hours ago

Uplifting news.

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 9 points 9 hours ago

Mofo got luigi'd

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 22 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Trophy hunting is, without question, one of the most vile, pathetic displays of small-minded vanity a man can engage in.

Picture him in his trophy room, basking in his own imagined glory, mentally masturbating himself over the senseless killing of a completely innocent creature. It is revolting

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago

the justification is that they at least funnel money into conservation.

but that's like saying that if for every child raped in Epstein island he would have donated enough to save 2 children in a poor country then that island was OK.

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

Picture him in his trophy room, basking in his own imagined glory, mentally masturbating himself over the senseless killing of a completely innocent creature.

Nah, I'm good.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago

If they wanna call it a “sport” then they need to have both sides win and lose equally.

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 15 hours ago

So.... what's for lunch today?

[–] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 15 hours ago
[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago
[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago

I love poetic justice

[–] jouhija@sopuli.xyz 7 points 22 hours ago
[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unprovoked

Unprovoked?! The guy was about to kill the buffalo. That was self defense.

[–] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Darwinism works all ways. If we kill the harmless animals, we're directly breeding more aggressive ones that will attack "unprovoked" because that's what saved their lives.

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago

That may be the case, but African Buffalo are like one of the most dangerous animals to humans on the planet. They have long had the nickname of "Black Death" and "Widowmaker" by the locals because they are so aggressive. The bachelor buffalo (older males that don't travel with a herd anymore) are known to be the most dangerous. From the description that's what it sounds like they were tracking. So one of those dudes killing the shit out of someone isn't exactly uncommon even historically.

Some cracker ass rich dude hunting them and then being killed by one is kind of fucking hilarious. Can you imagine this dipshit thinking that a buffalo wouldn't trample the shit out of him cause his bank account had a bunch of 0's? I just imagine him turning around as he's being charged at and yelling, "You can't do this I have money!"

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

I hope it hurt a lot. Imagine the pain he's caused so many animals.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago

Hopefully it was slow and lasted a few hours.

[–] SilverCode@lemmy.ml 123 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Asher was fatally injured, in a sudden and unprovoked attack by an unwounded buffalo.

Uh, sure it was "unprovoked". Dude was just out there minding his own business and out of nowhere the Buffalo jumped out of bushes and attacked him.

I think it only fair that as the victor in the fight, the Buffalo should inherit this guy's millions.

also his head framed as a trophy

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 46 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Asher Watkins, 52, was tracking a 1.3 tonne Cape Buffalo bull, known as the Black Death, in the 50,000-acre Bambisana concession on Sunday when it suddenly charged at him at 35mph.

I don't know why, but j really enjoyed all the numbers in this article. The speed that the buffalo was going when it smashed into him is a detail that would be left out of most articles. But knowing that it was going 35mph makes it very impressive.

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

was tracking a 1.3 tonne Cape Buffalo bull, known as the Black Death

Man this descriptive title for the Bull makes me see why Monster Hunter and Xenoblade appeal to so many. We have real life tyrant animals that have fucking bounties on their heads and names like "Black Death" that have killed even the best travelers. Video games are real 🥹

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[–] Ruthalas@infosec.pub 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] lukaro@lemmy.zip 89 points 1 day ago

Is the bull okay?

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 138 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good. Fuck trophy hunters. Deserved exactly what he got.

[–] Bort@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 days ago

Exactly my sentiment.

[–] Fives@discuss.online 60 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Hunting animals for trophies and prestige is straight-up fuckery and should be banned everywhere.

Fuck trophy hunters.

Sorry you lost your dad.

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[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago

Finally some good news in this dystopian fucked up world.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 day ago

and nothing of value was lost

[–] allywilson@lemmy.ml 68 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where's the photo of him being propped up to face the camera with a stick?

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[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago

Oh, what a shame! If anyone needs me I'll be having a cry into my champagne on my chaise lounge.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago
[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Grizzlyboy@lemmy.zip 35 points 2 days ago

There are a lot oh scummy people, but trophy hunters are one of the worst. Traveling around the word just to kill rare and endangered animals, and brag about it. Those monsters deserve to lose out on existence.

I guess it's... puts on sunglasses A bull market YYYYYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Good. Love to see it. 10/10 do it again.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago

Literally got his face eaten

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 22 points 1 day ago

This is so sad. Why couldn’t this have happened sooner?

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