*Sooper-Deviant

As my watcher, you probably enjoy the beauty of our planet and appreciate the hard work of those keeping it green and safe. Based on your comments and faves, most of you certainly enjoy looking at the exotic and/or rare animal photos found in my gallery. Because of that, you can imagine how much time I spend at zoos and aquariums studying and watching these magnificent creatures. It is a privilege to see certain species of endangered animals thriving through careful breeding programs--in hope to repopulate them back to the wild someday. So why am I upset?

Someone just sent me this [link] to some disturbing images of modern day hunters and their kills. One could argue that is a form of sport or it helps local economic growth with tourism. BS! Shooting a deer or wild turkey not exciting enough? Is there a real need to control over-population of elephants, zebras or leopards in Africa? How can an individual justify having a farm and raise lion cubs for game? Who benefits from this bloody business anyway? How can anyone sleep at night knowing they have killed an exotic creature not for self-defense, but just for fun?

Here's a thought... let's send all of them to a remote island (without their hunting gears) and give them some wild lions for company. Maybe go back in a month and check on the animals to make sure there is still enough live stock for them to eat. If not, ship in more former hunters to feed the lions.

This journal entry won't change the way some people think, but I gave it a shot (with my camera) anyway.
Peace!