Do you know "Sleepy Hunt"? This belongs to the game of the Rich West, in front of a shotgun, fierce lions, tall giraffes, strong rhinos, but "prey"... It can also fool volunteers and animal protection associations to contribute to the industrial chain of their interests.
Human hunting nature
Seeking self-defense and food is the original purpose of human hunting, Africa is a paradise for wild animals, here is sparsely populated, with vast grasslands, a wide variety of wild animals, African natives have also been hunting for generations, until the mid-19th century, the British Thomson came to Africa with a shotgun, Africa's "five beasts" - elephants, lions, rhinos, bison, cheetahs, in the face of black barrels, no ability to fight back, for a time to go to Africa to hunt became the embodiment of aristocratic status, and adventurous spirit, "Out of Africa" The publication of a book has pushed African hunting to a climax, the family does not hang wild animal head specimens, are not aristocratic, even former US President Roosevelt after retirement, also participated in African hunting, to the 30s of the last century, with the decline in the number of large wild mammals, the ecological balance in Africa was also broken, hunting games are difficult to sustain. The need to establish an animal protection base is imminent.
The "trapped hunting" hunting method is to put wild animals in closed places that cannot escape and cannot be completely hidden for tourists to hunt. This first originated in the United States and continued from the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century, where visitors could experience a real version of the "Jungle Hunter" game for a high fee. However, in the new century, 30 states in the United States have banned this kind of hunting, but this activity has not disappeared, hunting enthusiasts have set their sights on the African savannah, on the one hand, Africa needs to establish a wildlife sanctuary, on the other hand, the rich people's hunting desire, at a certain point in time it is perfectly combined.
The man in front of him lifted the lion's hanging head and stood in front of the giraffe who had fallen to the ground,
The expression on his face is also more conquest than pity, which is the impact of "trapped hunting", which occurs in the so-called "wild reserves" in Africa.
Battle of the Trapped Beasts
American African billionaire Smith, in South Africa invested 300 million US dollars to build a 7,000 acres of wildlife sanctuary, in ten years to adopt more than 6,000 wild animals, most of them are lions, elephants and other large wild animals, but no one expected that the reserve side in order to save money, the reserve openly recruited volunteers, attracted countless caring volunteers to sign up, plus such volunteer experience for young people to apply for good universities can add points, once popular to be called "the world's most difficult volunteer positions." ”。 On the other hand, it secretly carries out private hunting business. So it's possible that lions living in Africa have had the experience of being carefully cared for by volunteers at an early age and being close to humans. Adults visit safaris and carry out the "Walk with Lions" business. During the mature period, they are forced to undergo intensive mating, and the elderly are arranged to enter the "trapped hunting" area, and after death, they are also skinned and exhumed, or hung on display or sold for money.
In the past, the super-rich liked to buy a small island as their "spiritual home", and now the African jungle has become another paradise. Not only Europe and the United States, but also other regions such as the Middle East have also gone to Africa to "occupy the king". Maybe not all protected areas are like this, but do you believe there will be exceptions?
Hunting prices depend on the size and health of the animal, ranging from $4,000 to $50,000. As long as you pay the above fees, you can have the power to kill large wild animals. None of this is actually a trade secret.
Looking at the walls of wild animal heads, the floor covered with wild animal fur, and the decorations made of wild animals, "trophy hunting" has long become an unwritten top game for the rich.
Confiscating smugglers' guns, building animal protection teams, tracking wild animals in the wind and sun for years, and the meager results of wishful volunteers and researchers have become so ridiculous in the face of legal hunting.
Where does legal hunting go?
People in big cities feel that "walking with wild animals" has a unique experience, and for local residents, these animals are nothing more than beasts that compete with themselves for resources for survival. Sub-Saharan Africa has always been economically backward, the inhabitants can not even feed the stomach, what qualifications do we have to put forward the protection of animals, on the one hand, they need to increase their income through legal hunting, improve living standards, but also to establish more protected areas, on the other hand, the establishment of protected areas for the barren African land, to maintain vitality is bound to go to commercialization, with magic to defeat magic, has become a dead end. The Animal Protection Society itself is not sure whether it is a savior or a murderer. What is even more powerless is that ordinary volunteers, who think they are playing the role of "saving wild animals", do not expect to be "handing knives to executioners" to help cooks.
In this regard, we can only console ourselves that sooner or later the elderly elephants will enter a state of slow starvation, it is better to participate in professional hunting, tourists get ivory, animal skins, local residents get elephant meat, a large amount of income into the pockets of merchants, gun associations, can only hope that they can give a part of their wealth to continue to maintain the animals in the reserve.
"The Lion King" villain Scar has a line: "Life is really unfair, you look at me, you will never be king, and you will never see the sun of tomorrow." Can you treat wild animals as captive poultry? Well, today is here, the team members to a strong thumbs up and recommendation, life is very good, thank you for having you, we will see you next time.