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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

The reason behind the buffalo's attack on the trackers remains unclear>

Well, just a wild guess, but "These creatures are shooting at me and want to kill me" sounds like a pretty good reason.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 3 hours ago

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[–] sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] brev@infosec.pub 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

While I appreciate the sentiment, the man in question was a hunter in favor of the environment rather than some MAGA fuckhead who loves shooting rounds at animals to prove his manhood

[–] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 14 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

While trophy hunting is fucked up, I'd like to remind people that hunting as done by regular people and not this millionaire bozo is a critical aspect of conservation.

Hunting keeps deer and elk from overpopulating and stressing the habitats of other wild life. It is the only thing that keeps prion diseases in these populations in check. Hunters are a necessity because humans have displaced and culled apex predators who played the same role.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

As someone who tries to limit their own meat intake, I'd be all for an increased social trend of eating venison or kangaroo, especially if regional hunters can get them into supply chains going elsewhere. It's not a practice that could go on for decades, but we could fulfill a need to limit populations, give people a chance for sport outdoors, while also providing a source of meat that's not horrifically industrialized.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 4 points 18 hours ago

So you're saying we need more lions and tigers and bears? Oh my

[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oh No! A millionaire trophy hunter was brutally mauled to death by a vicious beast? This is a terrible tragedy :( Seriously, what could be more important than the life of a complete and utter scumbag?

I wonder how many innocent children starved and were murdered by the IDF today?

Doesn't matter- didn't you hear? A rich white man was killed!

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is why it naked the news att all.. it's engagement. Just leave ragebait alone

[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

This is why it naked the news att all

If it had naked the news I probably wouldn't mind so much. ;)

The sad fact is, this isn't really ragebait. The media has always treated the ruling class as more important than us plebians. For much of history- the public kind of agreed with them about that and no one raged about it. It's only fairly recently that it's become slightly more mainstream for people to be class conscious (in the last 100 years at least). I'm sure IrishstarDOTcom just thought this was a newsworthy death.

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 4 hours ago

Haha that's an acceptable typo :) Maybe it works online because it can simultaneously be ragebait and idol bait. But you are correct, the obsession especially for women for some reason with the aristocrat celebs is baffling

[–] clif@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Now I'm wondering if NakedNews is still a thing... Haven't thought of that in many years.

Edit: apparently so. At least the website still exists.

[–] projektilski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 17 hours ago
[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The reason behind the buffalo's attack on the trackers remains unclear.

"Why are you attacking me I'm just trying to hunt you"

[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Man minding his own bussiness stalking an animal to kill it, inexplicably attacked by animal he was plotting to kill.

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 23 hours ago

Rest in piss, bozo.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Nothing of value was lost.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago
[–] haloduder@thelemmy.club 10 points 1 day ago

Good. I hope the buffalo is okay.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago (5 children)

FAFO. No animal deserves to die according to the pleasure of some jackass human.

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[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

His ex-partner and teenage daughter have been notified of his death.

I parsed that sentence wrong and the next paragraph didn't help me correct it.

A close friend of the father revealed: "He spent every spare moment he could with Savannah and shared his life with her. Nobody could love a daughter more than he did...

I was in full WTF mode for a second there.

Also can someone explain to me what a luxury ranch is? Cause I just imagine it's a fucked up modern day plantation with extra steps.

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

A luxury ranch is usually a place where you pay a lot of money to go hunt, and stay in very nice hotel like accommodations. Often they are high fenced properties where they are breeding deer to have extremely large abnormal antlers also known as "non-typicals" a hunter might pay $10-100k to pick one from a catalog and be plopped into a blind with a guide to shoot said deer.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

Luigi Buffalo!

[–] Redfugee@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Did the Buffalo get a picture posing with the dead hunter?

[–] frazw@lemmy.world 240 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Whenever I read about these hunters getting killed there is always this element in the reporting that it was a tragedy. It wasn't. It was a glorious victory. Two entered a death match (one unwilling) and one survived. The buffalo defied odds heavily stacked against it and won. The buffalo didn't ask to be the target of a wanker with a gun who likes killing things for fun. The wanker should also acknowledge that they're are risks in playing death games. Sorry dude you lost. Buffalo won. Buffalo should get to live like a king as its prize.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (10 children)

I think there are many hunters who would agree.

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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What a traumatic experience for the buffalo, I hope it's ok.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 17 hours ago
[–] TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 93 points 1 day ago

Asher was fatally injured in a sudden and unprovoked attack by an unwounded buffalo

Yeah, I'm sure it was unprovoked by the car full of people following it for hours.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whole point of capitalism is breaking the game to get ahead.

No. Actually, if you read Adams, it should be a pretty just system, the problem being people I that system, without checks and balances.

People, not systems, are the problem.

A new system that allows entrepreneurship, while protecting those who just want to go and clock-in, allows private property, but prevents accumulation and speculation, etc... But designed from the ground up to prevent major deviations, is in order.

Pussy, ambushing a lone buffalo while armed with a big game gun!

Run the bulls in Pamplona, like real men do.

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

People, not systems, are the problem.

That's like saying the players don't suck for losing, it's the ref and the rules of the game.

Human nature is what it is. We need our political and economic systems to rein it in and channel it towards good*.

But designed from the ground up to prevent major deviations, is in order.

Yes.

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[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 90 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] Part4@infosec.pub 14 points 1 day ago

He died doing something he loved: being eviscerated by black death thousands of miles away from the few people that pretended to love him in order to gain access to his money.

[–] asg101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Nature bats last.... full respect to Comrade Buffalo.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 79 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The reason behind the buffalo's attack on the trackers remains unclear. Reports indicate it became hostile before charging down the 52 year old.

God sending Harambe back for one last job.

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[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Luigi showed how it's done. And a buffelo is the one to step in his footsteps? All hail this buffelo, shame on the test.

[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

That buffalo deserves that millionaire's body as trophy.

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