If he was some kind of good-hearted benefactor that should be seen as 'what a great guy!' he would have donated some money without having an innate desire to only hand that money over if he gets the thrill of killing a live creature that like it or not, *is* different to killing an ant, or a cow, or a chicken. Some of the arguments from both sides of the fence on this one are fucking hilarious, and while I can see that yes, sometimes culling is necessary, so why not earn some $$$ from that procedure by charging someone to do the culling - there are still nuances that mean not every cull instance is the same.
I think the bloke is a cunt what with the posing next to a dead rhino, and the other pics that have surfaced, as far as I know though those ones were in fact legit and *did* help pump money into the larger scheme. So him being the kind of cunt that gets off on eg killing a rhino = hey, some cunts wil part with pretty decent money so let's utilise that.
This lion instance is different, and at first I also thought it was a big fuss over the 'normal' procedure, until I read more. I can't knock someone for being a cunt, mostly due to me being one in a ton of other areas, but if the bloke broke the law as well at the same time, well that's tough shit on him and he should (and obviously is) feeling the consequences. As usual though, people are going off in all sorts of tangents and unrelated side-arguments on both sides.
Has he done more for conservation that 99.99% of the people pissed at him? Well yes, but if I treat 35 consecutive girlfriends fantastically, restore their faith in men, share great experiences with them, get on well even after splitting up, then go and rape a woman, does that make the rape ok? Of course it doesn't, so all this 'but he did this other thing in some other instance' bollocks is... well, bollocks.
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