When I think of an antelope. I don’t think endangered species. I think of a deer-, Bambi. Who doesn’t love Bambi?
I was born in South Africa and there is plenty of antelope to see in reserve camps. To be honest they don’t really do much except graze. They don’t come on top of most people’s top 5 animals list.
Deer are so important for the African ecosystem. Here is what I have learned about our earthling friends.
Trophy hunting as we are beginning to become aware is BIG business. Loads of antelope are exported every year, to the U.S.A .and other western world countries, for what is called Captive hunts.
The most cowardly of all the animal hunts you can imagine.
This is how it works. Baby Antelope are taken from their mothers and are then conditioned to depend on humans to survive. They naturally build a bond with humans and are not afraid of them.
Another term used is ‘canned hunts’- humans pay big money to get their kicks.
I have two problems with this.
Let us look at the first problem.
WHAT IS CANNED/CAPTIVE HUNTING?
Don’t turn your eyes away from the film footage link below; but if you must then at the very least read this post to find out what it is happening in our world. Everybody can help -even you! Be aware.
Opinions about Captive Hunting
It is a private sport of trophy hunting that allows “hunters” to hunt exotic species already imprisoned in a prison-like a reserve. A human-friendly animal makes the likes of successfully killing this animal pretty much a foregone conclusion.
‘The endangered species act’ is flawed and full of loopholes. So, people can legally kill captive animals under certain state rule. The black market thrives on this loophole.
HOW?
Well, if there is a way to get hold of a legal permit to shoot an animal – then this opens up a market of captive hunting so people can go about this sport of theirs under the policy of
NO KILL – NO PAY
So how big is this captive hunting market?
It makes millions of dollars and pounds out of the murdering of the innocent
How can this business be expanding if the Antelope (as an example) breed is dying out?
Private owners interbreed exotic animals. There are private clubs that use an incentive to kill animals by giving out trophies – one example is the “Introduced Trophy Game Animals of North America” trophy hunting achievement award.
I don’t agree with hunting animals on any level. I do think these types of hunters are the scourge of the hunting world because the idea of a ‘fair hunt’ is taken out of the equation. Basically on one side of a fence is a captive antelope or other animal and on the other side of the fence is a “hunter” with a shotgun.
This does not conform to the traditional form and philosophy -if you like true ethical hunting.
My judgement on all hunting has been made clear.
The current Antelope species on the’ International Union for the Conservations of Nature and Natural Resources lists’ are
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Pete David’s deer is extinct in the wild
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Dama gazelle is in critical danger
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Arabian Oryx is endangered
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Yax and European Bison are vulnerable.
-the list goes on and on.
My second problem with this kind of hunting is what is called Chronic wasting disease
What is it? A disease where abnormal protein attacks the nervous system in an animal and is fatal to an animal /antelope. Side effects or symptoms are weight loss, blindness, repetitive walking, tremors, excessive drinking, co-ordination problems
Where does it come from?
It comes from Antelope and other animals being bred and nurtured in captivity. The disease is extremely infectious. It is passed on by saliva, faeces, blood and urine. it can’t be 100% managed and controlled because Antelope do escape into the wild and will and have passed this disease onto its wild fellow counterparts.
Be aware. Be pro Ban on all import and export and transport on Antelope animals.
Safari Club International is not the environmentally-friendly, conservation-minded organization that it claims to be. SCI is a club forwealthy big-game hunters who compete in killing the most animals for the most awards. Members collect the heads, hides, and horns of animals from a list of more than 500 creatures and enter them in SCI’s record book of trophy animals.
To earn every award that SCI offers, a hunter must kill at least 171 different animals from around the world. Many SCI members have records for killing more than 400 different creatures that populate their trophy rooms, macabre mausoleums filled with dead animals.
Author Matthew Scully sums up the group in his book, Dominion. “Respect” at SCI, he says, means only “the courtesy of leaving enough behind for the next hunter.”
“They practice socially conscious sadism here,” he writes. “Ethics at Safari Club is ordered libertinism, like teaching cannibals to use a table napkin and not take the last portion.”
I don’t understand how it is legal to kill innocents for fun
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Life is just messed up!
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I’m glad you’re drawing attention to what these awful hunters do. btw love your memes.
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cheers for popping by. Oh a link. can’t wait to see what your theme is 🙂 day one down -it’s been good
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it says your page doesn’t exist..
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Forgive me, but I can’t watch the film, precisely because I know what I’ll see and hear. I can’t because I promised myself to be positive today and the only thing I want to do when this type of hunting is mentioned is to go out and shoot such people. My view on the “sport” hunting as a whole is that is actually a crime. Sadly, even governments support it for lucrative reasons. I’d say, if you are a man, go to the jungle with bare hands, or a knife, and prove what a man you are. Nope, of course. One of my friends says that all hunters must have small d***s. Not sure if it is a fact but they do act as such – clearly they have something they need to compensate. See…I’m going out of the positive strain already but really, hunters are not human beings, they must be the crappiest creatures in existence!
I love animals so I’ll stick around through out April and beyond.
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Hi Rain ,I totally understand .I forced myself to watch it twice. Sobbed my heart out. My partner told me to stop watching it if it got me so upset but I refused to ignore what I had started. I understand. I felt like doing the same thing. Where’s a rifle when you need one. Indeed I think these men and women have small man/women inferiority syndrome. I saw an article the other day that made me so irate. People were passing a live baby dolphin around to take fucking selfies and the dolphin died – it’s a sick world we live in – don’t worry I won’t be putting loads of stories about animal abuse and animals being beaten. I may do a couple but I want to show people how we can live in harmony with animals – they deserve as much of a place here as we do. If not more. We destroy the world very well without any animal help. Love your random theme – will be following it 🙂 thanks for stopping by -don’t be shy 😀
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That was heavy, but you managed to make it easy to read. Those poor deer (and rhino’s etc etc.) The millions of dollars surprised me at first but then I remember hearing someone say ‘the last whale will be the most expensive and there are already people trying to cash in on it…’ So sad. Everybody should see the film you link to at some point in their life.
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thanks for reading and acknowledging the film too. I understand it is hard to hear about animals suffering but the next 25 days are not going to be horrific stories. I hope to raise awareness on ways we can co-exist. What you wrote about the last whale id deplorable. I can’t think of any other word for it. fucking bastards!
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A good start with the challenge. I honestly think those that hunt animals for sport are crazy. However, there are the poor, traditional African village men who hunt to feed their families and they actually live on what their traps catch. A good number of them scrape by and don’t even have guns. They use traps and old methods of catching these animals to feed.
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hiya J , thanks I agree -there is a huge difference between killing an animal for kicks and killing an animal to survive.
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Those who kill animals to survive are wicked!
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I meant killing for sport.
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ha ha. I know what you meant. An abomination in fact. If you have the courage I do urge you to watch the documentary. It tore my world a part. If you have the time see what a pathetic state a lot of our fellow humans are. Oh wait just look a D. trump . the world is messed up and we are all going to die -our children are going to when the end of the world does indeed end. It’s a damn shame. Such a shame!
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One of the most frustrating and bothersome aspects of our society today. I’ve never understood why anyone thought of fishing in a barrel so to speak was sport or hobby. It seems extremely unintelligent to me.
Good luck with the challenge, I hope you enjoy it.
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I agree as you may have guessed 😀 thanks for commenting and leaving your link. Gonna check how your A day went 🙂
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…cease to exist. Hit post comment accidentally.
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I’ve always thought that if animals carried weapons, hunting would mostly
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They do need training. Love this Mary. You made me laugh 🙂 xx
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Good. We all need those laughs. 🙂
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Great post, Daisy! I’ve visited Southern Africa 3 times in the last 2 years and I just love the incredible wildlife. It’s hard to go past the big cats & big 5 but the variety of antelope are equally as beautiful. The Kudu is probably my favourite, followed by the magnificent Sable Antelope. Like yourself, I’m horrified by trophy & canned hunts … It’s a despicable, mindless, cowardly practice and the more awareness that’s created to put a stop to it, the better. Well done on such an important and informative post 👏🏼
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You are quite the nomad, Kim 🙂 You seem very up on your antelope. I’m impressed. I wish they would all go and jump in the deepest lake they can find and die! Researching for tomorrows B. thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. Miss I have been everywhere 😀 HA HA!
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Haha! I wish I’d been everywhere … It’s on my list though 😀
I always enjoy stopping by to read your posts. They’re always so interesting and varied in nature. Looking forward to seeing what you’ll come up with for B 😀
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Great post Daisy, very informative, its very sad, but people really should know whats going on
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yup sad indeed! That is why I decided to do animals. not enough is being done and I don’t want my daughter to only know what an animal looks like by a photo of all the animals that were. If that makes sense
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Absolutely, its a great topic
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I’m with you. I hate the cowardly man who hunts simply for sport and trophy. They are weak and only think of their own needs -a dangerous way to live in my eyes. Keep up the fight to stop this senseless waste.
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Great start to the challenge,Daisy! I’ve told you ,that your love to the animals will shine through,and it trully does! Looking forward to your next post. And wish, that all the coward hunters would become the hunted ones !
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Thanks Ondrey. Lets get a couple of sniper rifles and take the son of a bitches out! 🙂
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Where do i sign in?
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When I find out.You will be the first to know
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Great post. I can’t understand people wanting to kill animals for “pleasure”.
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I know it is senseless .Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Nice and informative post. But i think the Title of your blog post should’ve been starting with A. But i loved to know about antelopes.
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thanks for reading and the heads up 😀
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Am in Africa and I didn’t know 98% of this. Why are humans so crazy? I can never understand hunting for pleasure…or that trophy craze. I just don’t get it.
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whereabouts? Anything for money, right…….
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Kenyan born and bred. Yep, a sad life it is.
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I would love to go to Kenya. I heard it is beautiful xx
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It is. You are welcome anytime. Your accommodation is on me:-)
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an ego thing, i guess. which is quite sad and destructive… energy which coulda been used to make the earth better. if only they could see that you don’t get that time back…
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So true Xeno. How can people not care about the world we live in. The ylive in it too.
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