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Maybe instead he should have stopped murdering endangered animals for fun, just saying ...
To be fair to Szecsei that happened in 1981, and African elephants have only been endangered since 2021. Which is kind of surprising, I thought they'd been on the list for a while.
Still a shame to kill such intelligent and sophisticated animals.. They have some form of language able to communicate safe areas/humans, have incredible memory, capacity for empathy, and even funeral rituals.
They're so much smarter than human children. I just don't see the appeal or justification to kill such beings outside of survival. I don't see that as any different than if a more advanced species came to Earth to destroy/exploit humanity. The gap between us and them would probably be greater than the gap between us and the elephants. Doesn't justify exploitation and killing.
I'll root for the elephants 99% of the time. Humans suck! I will say there's totally a difference between hunting animals like this (even aside from endangered status) and animals like deer, where hunting overall makes their population healthier, in that it reduces overpopulation and infectious disease.
Hopefully they can make a comeback like bald eagles did.
Yeah I can't believe how much more common I see them now! Also rooting for bees haha. We've screwed them up and they're a keystone species.