GoDaddy CEO criticized for killing an elephant
Bob Parsons traveled to Zimbabwe to hunt rogue elephants. He posted his hunting video online — and PETA is calling for a company boycott.
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Although I am very sad for the elephant, this article made me wonder why GoDaddy is so successful while its domain name has nothing to do with the domain names business. I wrote some thoughts on my blog http://whiterabbithunter.com/?p=7
We just finished moving all of our domains from godaddy to name.com. Name.com's UI is a bit old fashioned, but tech support is very helpful the the company contributes to a lot of good causes so it was an easy decision.
Excellent News! Where can I sign up to go shooting elephants?
Lucky guy, I wish I could have been there with my Barrett .50 caliber rifle; take that old rogue elephant down with one shot. Pity a guy can't go hunting anymore without being savaged by all the extremists who infest the Internet like a plague of naysaying locusts.
The question is, "How much did GoDaddy pay to have this elephant designated a"problem elephant"?.
They didn't pay to have him designated a rogue elephant, numb nuts. Get a brain, dickweed.
Hey smart mouths out there I think we the people should boycott you all that boycott places like GoDaddy!!! Stupid idiots. I think all lib tards and lib organizations should be boycotted!!! Abortion clinics we need to cut off their money supply!!!
That you decry an animal dying and people eating it (which happens to thousands upon thousands of animals every single day in the US)? People who are outraged by this are truly pathetic and can't see past their own back yard. They tend to think that everything can be solved the way it would in America, completely ignoring the fact that the rest of the world isn't America.
I love elephants. In this country people hunt dear and eat the meat when there are too many of them. If the elephants are a danger to people and need to be put down and the meat is going to be used as food then I think it is ok. But not ok to be cruel. God did tell us in the bilbe that it is ok to eat meat. I love animals. Wish I did not eat meat but I do.
The deer reproduce more based on their level of persecution in their habitat. This means, the more hunted they are, the more they conceive and give birth too, or compensatory rebound. Using this hunting agencies can set quotas, hunt them, they reproduce more, then turn around and say there are too many, they must be managed, and repeat the cycle.
In the scriptures meat was only ok by God as a concession after the flood, not originally intended for humans as per the garden of eden.
If this guy thinks that killing an animal will solve people's problems... he most be from another planet or something like that. i think his brain is located in the wrong place.
that is disgusting, people should boycott GoDaddy and move their domains to another provider. I am really disturbed by this and he is selling it as if he would do good for the people. He probably has the head as a trophy hanging on his wall. What a jerk, I am going to move all my domains to another company. I feel like my money was part of enabling this guy to fly over to Africa and shoot an elephant that was simply hungry. If he would have paid for the relocation of the poor animal than he.... More
Whichever way you look at it the elephants (and every animal) has as much right to live in the world as we do - OK yes humans are by nature meat eaters and are animals but that point is mute because the elephants are endangered and protected by law. Bob is killing for his own fun, sport and self gratification that's all there is to it and on that level it is wrong he should be in prison for this crime - He kindly supplied all the evidence needed. I really don't get why some people commenting.... More
So this person that goes by Godaddy is Go-gonner wishes Bob to be torn to pieces by and animal and killed? Am I reading this correctly? You wish death on Bob? According to the Bible you have just committed murder in your heart!!!!!!!!! Therefore you are a murderer. Killing animals is not murder but killing human beings is murder! Do you know the difference. You sir are most disgusting to wish death upon another human being!!!
Humans aren't natural meat eaters. They just choose to eat meat, and so find ways to desperately justify it.
Look at your teeth...
We're clearly omnivores.
Mountain gorillas also have 4 large canines, but do not eat meat. If you actually compare the ratio of molars used for grinding and incisors used for cutting (not tearing) versus canines (only 4, in front), it's obvious we are NOT meant to eat meat predominantly. Look at carnivores like big cats and tell me our dental structure is the same. Get a clue, moron.
Who is this Lori calling people a moron, I think she must be the moron here. So is this Lori another one of those wacko vegetarians? In the beginning man was a vegetarian before they sinned. The wages of sin is death and ever since sin came into the world our bodies break down very fast therefore as the Bible says if you crave meat then eat meat. God says we can eat meat. Meat gives me and millions of others on this planet strength. Vegetarians are week and mentally ill. Eating a vegan.... More
Unless you are a vegetarian, you have no right to point a finger at Bob Parsons. What we do to animals in the meat industry here is disgusting. I WISH we killed and ate problem animals that lived a good life instead of raising them in horrible living conditions, only to die an uncomfortable, disgusting death. These are not elephants in a zoo that paint and do tricks, these are WILD ANIMALS THAT KILL PEOPLE. Do some research. Besides... by moving your accounts to a different company, you aren't.... More
You are an idiot. The only way to let people know we mean business and willnot tolerate that type of slaughter is to hurt them in their pocket book. That is being done. Enough Said.
I am vegan, so I guess I do have the right, by your standards, to point out how much a horrible douche Rob is. And we have no need, nor right, to kill animals we consider a "problem". So they kill people. Boo-hoo. Humans kill far more of other species than other animals kill of ours. There is no reason we put our own species above any others (humans are animals), aside from bigotry.
Totally wrong! We all do things we don't like but we have to do. But to enjoy and videotape something that he shouldn't like is disgusting. After all, don't a lot of people have to punish a misbehaving child? But what if they enjoy it, videotape it, and plan vacations around it?
I seriously laughed out loud, this was awesome. The point where AC/DC came on was classic lol. Seriously, watch the video, you will laugh.
You find this topic funny? - You have no brain. Keep your useless comments to yourself.
Here's a thought, take the money you earn and invest it in a fence to protect the crops. I'm no animal lover or friend of PETA, but I do know that elephants are intelligent, and they cry when one of them dies. Such a simple solution made difficult by lack of forthought.
Let's see, an elephant is what 15 feet tall, weighs a 2000 pounds?
That would have to be a concrete wall 25 feet high to be effective. That would require 1 big fence
The site of a fence alone is probably enough to persuade the elephants to avoid it! - The elephants are not stupid and are highly intelligent more so than you by the look of it - I cannot imagine the elephants running through the fence for the fun of it?. The only time the elephant would probably charge the fence would be to get away from the ******** human trying to kill it.
While not a friend of PETA, I find myself upset by Mr.Parsons actions,tho his defense of his actions without any regard or willingness to listen to the questions asked him surprise me not .
On the other hand, the history of this region must be considered, 1) elephants were
killed, off handedly, for all but the last decade, reducing their numbers close to extinction. 2) Man has moved into areas where elephants once freely roamed. 3)
elephant numbers have recovered some.... More
Here's another example of what happens when money is in the wrong hands. This "CEO" never thought for a minute about helping the African farmers ... If that had been his real motivation, why put it on a video for all to see. What a pathetic justification for such cruelty. As other readers have said, there are far more humane ways to keep the elephant out of the fields. These creatures are gentle, regal, intelligent, and endangered, and have endured a long history of abuse at the hands of.... More
Read this article with an expert on Elephants in Zimbabwe to get a more real picture of how money talks and corrupt park rangers walk...
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/01/zimbabwe-conservationist-responds-to-g...
I would like a public apology without.... More
The guy is going to HELP FARMERS. Those elephants are gonna get killed either way, he might as well help the farmers out. I'm sure my mom would hate to see me write this comment, she loves elephants, but let's be realistic here.
Why, the farmers couldn't all pitch in an buy a communal bullet and do it themselves? If that happened, they wouldn't get their billionaire blood money! What a lie, that he had to get on a plane, fly 10,000 miles to "help" farmers kill something they probably see on a daily basis... "Thank the Lord you got here! Finally someone who understands how to operate a rifle! What would we DO without you!?"
I flew to Africa and shot elephants to save starving people. Peta is hurting the starving people of Africa by objecting to Bob Parsons shooting elephants!
That has to be the dumbest justification I've ever heard to justify guilt over hunting species whose numbers are dwindling due to human encroachment. (and clear evidence that even rich people can be stupid at times) He went hunting because he thought he'd enjoy the experience of killing elephants. I'm pretty sure after the backlash.... More
...would make an amazing couple.
Why not put the elephant to sleep with a dart and move it. Why kill these animals. Many problem may come from the village. elephant's has a good memories and feelings and it's important to narrow the suffering of a elephant when upset or when having a mood swing to get to the real problems.
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- the most common "rifle" over there would be an AK 47 a damn poor Elephant gun.
O.K. I 'll take the tale
How would you move a unconscious elephant? Also, they can cover a lot of ground and remember where the good food was found.
Sometimes we think we are helping, I wonder if there are other solutions ? My grandmother would always say, ( the road to hell is paved with good intention ).
Quick fix ? Not always the answer. We can boy cot, we can say bad things about the people who per-portrait these actions but, Are We Helping ? Questions are good, name calling however is not helpful. And why does it half to be one side or the other. The real challenge here would be to come up with a solution that would help both.... More
Oh and BTW, how would any of us know if we switched our accounts we would not be giving money to someone who wouldn't do worse in the future or has not in fact done worse ?
I viewed this video last night and i have to say all thought they may destroy crops etc but does it warrent go and shooting a fantastic animal like that,in my opinion the answer is NO,i think alot of people could well move domain away from godaddy i have a few domain with them including http://www.emailthe.net and i am seriously thinking about moving my domains to some other service provider,not sure who with yet but the Namecheap could well be the front.... More
Non-lethal solutions, including chili? I dunno, my Mom's chili is pretty lethal.
And what are you gonna get the elephants to do, convince them to eat chili and then they get the "burning-bum" syndrome and freak out when they have to go #2?
So that convinces them to leave because one elephant says to another: "Hey man, that village plot is just infested with chili and you know what happened the last time you ate that stuff ... 'roids that lasted a week, man".
Chili pepper, chili pepper, look in your mothers spice rack and find it. Open it up and take a big wiff! If your eyes don't water and you don't choke a bit then there's something wrong with you. Elephants find it especially irritating because of the nose to mouth feeding process. The chili pepper (think pepper spray even) can be safely washed off for safe human consuption.
This jerkoff obviously wasn't concerned about the "starving" people of Zimbabwe, and most likely used that story to cover his own a** to the fact that he just wanted to go out to hunt some elephants. If he was so concerned, he would have donate his time and money to help the people of Zimbabwe, and educate them, rather just go there once, shoot a elephant, and leave. It's all fun and games for him, with no respect to the animals, the environment, or the people- and that's whats truly disgusting.... More
I don't think you're an idiot - I think you have hit the nail on the head there mate.
Well said the guy is just seeking fun and is probably loving all this attention he's now getting. Its a joke to people like that. I hope he goes to prison and takes it up the ar$e
You're probably right.
When each of the PETA staff were children, were they vegetarians? Or did they eat meat? Did PETA's supporters, and staff, as kids, eat meat?
If so then they must barf it all up. They must go back in time and change all that, and force their Moms and Dads not to give them meat as kids. They must do that. They must go back in time and prevent themselves from eating meat, as children.
Stupid?
You bet.
And so are PETA.
