20,000 customers leave GoDaddy.com in response to CEO's elephant-shooting video
Rival Namecheap.com donates $20,000 to Save the Elephants, $1 for each customer who transfers from GoDaddy.com to the rival web-hosting service.
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I'm one of those customers who left. I have been using them for more than 5 years and now use namecheap.com - they're cheaper and don't have that whole nascar elephant killing thing going.
So I am confused....a guy killed an elephant that was subsequently used to feed dozens of starving people, and we're MAD about it? I suppose it's better to let the elephants destroy the crops and let the people starve. Good plan.
I said it before and I'll say it again, this man is just a heartless beast. There are plenty of elephants in Africa. Why this particular one--a mother with a cub? I would hope he wouldn't shoot a nursing human mother and leave the baby to starve to death. That is exactly what he did to this elephant with her baby. How did he expect the baby to survive without its mother? Did he think or care about that? What an awful experience for that baby elephant to remember and they say they have memories.... More
Dear bleeding heart groups. If animals effect the lives of humans the majority of the time they are put down. You don't like it? then tear down the house you own make it a wild life sanctuary for whatever you can and go live in the forest. First World Country Problems 'nuff said
If you go to elephants.com they have a really interesting article about elephants suffering from PTSD. You can also send donations to help reserve the Sanctuary.
Go Daddy's president shot this elephant to get a sick rush. Period.
Your domain purchase at GoDaddy.com supports Bob Parsons killing elephants and other wildlife. His hunting does nothing to solve human-elephant conflict in Zimbabwe. It only makes it worse. It angers the elephants and makes them distrustful of humans and even more likely to attack.
If you want your website to support saving elephants, we've posted a list of elephant and eco-friendly places to register domains or host your website. Also, we will be donating to foster orphaned baby.... More
http://research.eeescience.utoledo.edu/lees/Teaching/EEES4760_07/Hoare.PDF
Based on this Journal study a couple of your points are disproven. 1. In summary number 4 it states that the human elephant conflict is a product of "the behavioural ecology of individual elephant bulls" not people. 2.
Any animal that is behaving in a varmint manner NEEDS to be shot!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/varmint
Noun 1. varmint - an irritating or obnoxious person
vermin
bad person - a person who does harm to others
2. varmint - any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote
varment
animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
I vote we add you to the list.
You obviously didn't see the video of the kill with the baby elephant watching the slaughter and crying loudly. They say the elephant is one of the closest to the human in emotional characteristics of the animal kingdom. So, not only was an animal brutally slain and its baby left motherless but another animal was added to the list of those that are inhumanely slaughtered by humans every day. God is going to make man answer for what he has done on Judgement Day!
If you know so much about Afrika Adam, do everyone a favor and go live there and take your racist stereotypying ways with you. Probably been living here for 10 generations now, but someone who acts so insightful, you're probably just a loser and a hypocrite.
Why is that everytime there is a problem with an animal "invading human territory" the answer is to kill it. There are other ways. Why didn't he donate money to move the elephants, put up fences etc, but no it's easier to just kill it. What a crock. Killing for fun is sick.
Since when has that ever happened? Can you imagine a poor african farmer putting up acres of fencing around there farm. Or is it just cheaper to buy a single bullet and shoot the elephant? Think about it.
You people make me sick. The elephant is destroying much needed crops. The alternative methods of keeping the beasts from destroying crops is likely to happen when we all switch to electiric cars. Let hunters have their fun in a way that is actually doing some good. Keep your Bambi emotions at bay. The elephant is shot, and virtually every spec of it is used in some way. It all generates money for the local community. Have you ever tried elephant steak. Not bad at all. Find something.... More
YOU make ME sick. I don't give a rat's petootie about Africa, or their "communities." Africa has so many rich natural resources, and what do they do? Kill each other over them, and are still poor. The elephants are smarter than the residents, not to mention more social. You are a sick feck.
wow i only thought vegans got this dumb. You care for an animal over your fellow man and act like africa has the ability to do everything we do. to put this in perspective during the end of the cold war the russian president came to the U.S. and afetr meeting the president went to a super market to see how americans live. he thought the amount of food was staged, there was no way americans could live that well. and that was super power russia not third world africa resources dont mean **** if.... More
He was doing a favor because Elephants are terrible over there where you have to actually live near them.
******* white people.
While in San Antonio a few years back I saw my first IMAX FILM. It was on ELEPHANTS. They were miigrating due to a drought and came across a dead baby Elephant. Four female elements threw their trunks around the baby Elephant's Mother, as we would have done, be it a human baby. It was as if they were filled with human compassion,At one point I feelt like they would have brought flowers,it was so profound and I cried like my heart was breaking. Went back the next day and saw it again. How can.... More
So what your saying is that people should let animals eat all there crops and die of hunger rather than shoot the elephant and have farms to feed there children? You live in a Western society with lots of food and health care. You will never die of hunger or know it so stop commenting on a third world nation and there way of surviving. Your a spoiled child of the world telling the poor kid how and what to eat. STFU
Let me guess, you are a hunter? That was just too easy...you hunt and take slack about it from your wife...and probably get nothing much else judging your pent up hostility...you sound like a bit of a bully, Matty. Name calling...STFU...hmmmm...is it that yoy donate your money to these people for their kids & their farms that you depleted your education fund? Send em some seeds, Matty, which will be
more fruitful than your comments.
Let me guess, you are a hunter? That was just too easy...you hunt and take slack about it from your wife...and probably get nothing much else judging your pent up hostility...you sound like a bit of a bully, Matty. Name calling...STFU...hmmmm...is it that yoy donate your money to these people for their kids & their farms that you depleted your education fund? Send em some seeds, Matty, which will be
more fruitful than your comments.
Has made them a self reliant nation/continent. Am i right? Because decades of western medical, food, and financial aid to the poorest regions of the african continent have made there children healthier and less of a starving people. Oh wait, seeds dont grow in the desert. But elephant meat does. Hear that? Its the dinner bell.
The Elephants are a tourist attraction and that includes the hunting of them. The practice is perfectly legal and regulated. Parson did nothing wrong. You would judge him for hunting the animals, but not judge those who take part in and profit from the hunt. Those whom live in and around the villages where these elephants roam. There is a benefit to the people even if it is small. They have created an industry and protection for elephants via hunting and tourism. People who once poached.... More
this is really about the hats.
watch that video again and tell me you didn't cringe a little bit when the villagers showed up wearing go daddy hats.
You are a sick individual. Wildlife is not a tourist attraction. They are lives who were there first. And there are other solutions to the problem. Why doesn't the GoDaddy CEO donate money to the villages to help them? We know the answer: because he is also a sick individual, like yourself, and takes pleasure in ending the life of an innocent creature.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123758895999200083.html
Plenty of articles from many reliable sources on why aid to africa does not work and why african people need to figure out for themselves how to survive. Those elephants would have been shot whether that CEO was there or not.
Ma'am I appreciate your outrage and I do agree, but I'm just curious if this outrage of "killing an innocent creature extends to the unborn humans who are lain on unprecedented levels on a daily basis in our own United States. As much as I love elephants I think our attention needs to be turned to shutting down the slaughter houses here that go by the name "Planned Parenthood". Just something to consider.
Hardly a slaughter house, especially since the women choose to have an abortion while animals do not choose to go to a slaughter house. 97% of planned parenthood services are womens health issues such as UTI's and birth control. Stop drinking the conservative cool aid, women choose to have abortions and there is nothing you can do to stop a women from aborting a fetus. Unless you want to make all miscarriages a murder charge...good luck with that.
You can say that they are not a tourist attraction all you want. That doesn't make it true. The fact is that people pay to go all over the world and look at animals. The fact is that it helps to protect them by encouraging people who normally wouldn't care about them to keep them around for financial gains. That gain may be enough to feed their children for a day. Maybe it is more, but the facts are that this is the way it is. Human beings do as most animals do. They look out for themselves.... More
I agree with you 100%.
As a matter of fact, wildlife ^are^ a tourist attraction. Now that humans have overrun the planet, making room for more and more people has become a priority, whether you like it or not. And raising money to support those people has also become a priority, using any means necessary- including using natural resources such as wildlife.
Using your same logic, we, the human race, would all benefit by organized hunting and killing of all stupid people. We could hire guides to take people out hunting and rid our planet of all cruel, inhumane idiots. What a great plan, and just think of the boost it would add to our economy. Thanks for the ideo Dunn!
I agree, although I take it a step further. Just my opinion, but I would just like to nuke the entire continent and get rid of all those poor, starving souls. We have been throwing money at them forever, to no avail. Why throw good money after bad?
I love the "hunting stupid humans" idea! I know it is bad of me but wow, there are some STUPID people out there. Take the guy shooting elephants and bragging about it for example... what an idiot to be in such a position and make a video of himself killing elephants.
Having been involved in an Oscar-winning documentary on Zimbabwe last year, I can testify that their troubles will never be solved by the killing of any elephants. The corruption, lack of education & sanitation throughout the country is why the people suffer. Anyone really caring for this impoverished nation of people would take other action. This act is simply justification for a rich white westerner who gets a thrill from a horrific bloodsport.
I am very glad someone stepped up, and made a donation to save the elephants.
Bob Parsons should be castrated for murdering a defenseless animal, instead of using his money to help the villagers.
I hope godaddy becomes extinct.
Keep this SOB's customers leaving!!! Let us see how fast we can shut his business down!!!
Waaaahhhh! Poor defenseless elephants. Let's ignore the fact that elephants are responsible for 75% of crop damage in Zimbabwe. Money to help villagers won't do a damn bit of good unless their food sources are protected. Unless you want to start feeding villagers a steady diet of cash. Stirfried cash, stewed cash, flambeed cash, roasted cash... oh yeah, sounds tasty.
Read a book-- or a newspaper, before spouting off a bunch of PETA jargon.
First of all, if your going to spout off, how about you use your real name you coward. Second of all, the villagers are not helpless idiots who need a big bad American to come in and save the day. Just like other villages all over the world, if an animal attacks, destroys, etc...they take measures to stop it. Oh and let's not talk about how this guy threw his logo all over them before shooting the video, so yeah, let me save this poor village and take advantage of them too while I'm at it. .... More
"he plans to do it again because it is a service to the people of Zimbabwe"
...because the people of Zimbabwe are incapable of shooting their own elephants? What bull$#!+. It's pure ego. Parsons is not necessary for the people of Zimbabwe to exist or to manage their wildlife. Parsons just likes to shoot big game animals.
(I am not advocating the shooting of elephants, just making the point that this man has an inflated sense of self.)
