RE: Disgusting Rhinoceros Hunt
Bigbulls, I did happen to know all of the facts behind it just like you stated about the data collection and the money for protection of the species. I guess I just don't agree with letting any Tom, Dick, and Harry go out and dart a rhinoceros. There are so many factors that can go wrong that to me it just seems that the risks outwiegh the rewards. The situation with the charging had to end the way it did or the hunters would have been hurt bad, if not killed, but I think that putting that kind of thing on television is just going to add fuel to the fire down the road regardless of how many good things come from the money that hunters are putting into the research and conservation efforts of these animals. I am the first to agree that what is being done for the rhinos is incredible and to have a stable population again back from the edge of extinction is amazing, but it just needs to be handled a little differently for the public eye. I'm not trying to argue with you, I know that you are a well respected member on HuntingNet and not a pot-stirrer.