Rare Goat hunted for Sport

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A rare goat was hunted by a trophy hunter in Pakistan after the hunter paid over 100, 000 dollars to obtain the very limited permit. This money is reportedly to be put into future conservation which as you all know, I think is complete and total bullshit. To say that you are helping to conserve a species while shooting it dead is as hypocritical a statement as any I've ever heard.

As there are only reportedly 6, 000 or less of these goats left in the wild, Pakistan officials monitor the hunts to make sure that no laws are broken regarding the hunt. It's interesting to me that they acknowledge that there are minimal amounts of these beautiful goats left in the wild but still allow these sickos to come and shoot them dead if they pay the right price. It seems to work against the protection of a species when that species is already suffering in numbers. The worst part of this story is that the goat that was shot was sitting right next to a young goat, likely its offspring, when it was shot dead. Can you imagine the fear that little baby experienced as the adult next to it dropped to the ground from being fatally shot?

Photo taken from World Animal News

It saddens me to think that there is a price associated with shooting rare or exotic animals dead. Like we somehow own these animals and have a right to decide how much their lives are worth. I think that's what bothers me most of all about trophy hunting is that we as humans have given ourselves the ownership of wild species and allow such despicable acts to occur if someone is willing to pay the right amount of money. Think of all the good you could do with over one hundred thousand dollars like, how many charities could benefit from that money and yet some pervert douche bag spends it on stalking and shooting a wild animal dead. It's so twisted.

Until these places accept that trophy hunting is the opposite of conservation, then we will continue to see these awful stories and pictures. Pictures of jackasses smiling behind corpses they for some reason are super proud of slaughtering, like the one above for example. There ARE some places however that are coming around to trophy hunting being abhorrent and Columbia is one of them.

Columbia has introduced a bill that will come into effect in 2020 that effectively bans sport hunting. They stated that it was contradictory to their efforts to protect their diverse wildlife and could no longer allow people to come and pay money to shoot animals. They said that they recognize that animals are alive, feel emotions, and have a will to live, one that cannot be bought and this couldn't be any more true. Finally, a place that recognizes the hypocrisy in conserving a species through shooting them.

My hope is that other countries / places will follow suit and recognize that trophy hunting is unnecessary and simply allows people to get their perverted fantasies fulfilled. There's nothing redeemable about hunting animals and it's time for the world to join together and ban trophy hunting entirely.

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