This video has been around for quite awhile. Yes it is thrilling. and yes it has been debated quite a bit. I'll give you a recap of the finer points of the debates that I have read. None of these are my opinions nor do I make them as a statement of fact.

1. the hunt happens in south africa. The credits say as much at the end of the clip. In South Africa all hunting is on "game farms." which is to say that they are high fenced. I've heard that all the game was wiped out of S.A. and the only way that there is any hunting is on these farms.

2. Some argue that high fence isn't hunting. Others argue that the farms are several thousands of acres. The animals now days where born on the farms and lived there whole lives there. They claim that the animals are as wild as it gets.

3. Some say that the person deserves what he got or even worse.

4. Others counter that he no more deserves to "mauled" than the average hunter who goes bear hunting.

I'm not going to take a side on this one.