Would you shoot a giraffe ?

[EagerNoSkill]

Except for zombies and crims
I only shoot vermin and what I eat for pot

Pointless blood killing is not for me

[Polchraine]

I was in Kenya a few years back ... the hotel had a game barbecue twice a week and they served Giraffe, Warthog, Boar, Zebra, various Antelope and more.

Zebras are extremely common and they are culled frequently as are Giraffes although less frequently - the locals sell licences to outsiders and the meat is tends to go three ways - to the hunter, sold to restaurants and distributed in the village. Who wins? The locals benefit most in several ways - tourism, guides, cash, food ...

[Steve]

If its a specie which needs controlling and some of the fee you're paying goes back into conservation-why not.No animal should be exempt from culls just because its attractive to look at.

[Chuck]

Fair play on culls and conservation etc but killing for killings sake, no!

[Dougan]

Fair play on culls and conservation etc but killing for killings sake, no!

Agreed - Giraffes are sustainable, and one way or another probably a valued resource to the local community...

... but the fact that this guy posed for a photo, means that the kill was more likely for his own self gratification - Personally I'd of liked to have taken his gun off him, and make him walk back...preferably through a pride of lions

[tikkathreebarrels]

Fair play on culls and conservation etc but killing for killings sake, no!

Agreed - Giraffes are sustainable, and one way or another probably a valued resource to the local community...

... but the fact that this guy posed for a photo, means that the kill was more likely for his own self gratification - Personally I'd of liked to have taken his gun off him, and make him walk back...preferably through a pride of lions

No, he can carry his rifle, as well as his kill.

[Chuck]

No, he can carry his rifle, as well as his kill....through aforementioned pack of lions I hope .

I watch a programme here -YABAN TV. It regularly shows groups out pig hunting etc. Carcass is left lying where it falls, OK so in some areas they ARE a pest but this irks me. Likewise some over-wealthy sad git trekking miles to shoot something (usually a couple of times) and walk off with the horns, again carcass is left..lots of smiling and posing for cmaeras. Stuff that!
http://www.yabantur.com/TurDetay.aspx?TID=40 (About £3100 for the opportunity of killing that animal for fun).

[25Pdr]

I've never shot anything larger than a Mouse but I remember about 35 Years ago, visiting the Flamingo Park wildlife centre near Scarborough,while standing on a bridge, a Giraffe poked his head over the rail and knocked me on my arse.

If I had had a gun handy, I would definitely have shot the big bugger. :lol:

[Chuck]

:lol: :lol: that was in the days before guns had a personality and spoke to people..

[Sandgroper]

Fair play on culls and conservation etc but killing for killings sake, no!

Part of the culling and conversation aspect will be done by shooters who are paying to shoot the animal/s. Much like people going to an Estate and paying to go stalking