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Is This true ???

lionrose.7 — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 06:23:23 GMT

I just saw this on Face book and wondered.

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grumpy*cat*rocks — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 06:29:49 GMT

Yes it is true sadly. Happened around 2009.

ROBERT BORSAK went to northern Zimbabwe to hunt elephants. On a two-week trip he killed several, including a bull elephant he shot in the head from a distance of six paces.

"My reflexes took over as the rifle fired … he went down, as if in slow motion," writes Mr Borsak in an article entitled Bulls in the Rain posted on the internet. "It was awesome. He did not know what had hit him."

Back in Australia, Mr Borsak has bagged another prize. The big game hunter and former vice-chairman of the Shooters Party is being paid $342 for each sitting day as chairman of the Game Council of NSW, one of 58 quangos which operate under the Primary Industries Minister, Ian Macdonald."

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lionrose.7 — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 06:50:38 GMT

I am just shocked that this is happening in this day and age, more shocked that this is a australian and him boasting about it 😞

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Anonymous — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 07:13:31 GMT

yep, its true 😞

I wrote him an email saying how un impressed I was with him, he replied saying the elephant was a rogue,a pest.and he was doing the village/ villagers a favour.

whatever - you still bragged about it, and Im pretty sure there are parks where rogue elephants can go.

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lionrose.7 — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 06:53:19 GMT

The rogue was on the other end of the gun not the Elephant, just makes me feel sick

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kengillard — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 07:02:52 GMT

bit like a neighbour of mine. smashed todeath a carpet snake today...i.e. I hope it's dead. poor thing.

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cq_tech — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 07:08:21 GMT

What a disgusting excuse for a human being, and a crying shame that abortion can't be made retrospective. 😞

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*pepe — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 07:52:08 GMT

i wonder how many of those villagers that rogue elephant took obvious delight in gunning down in cold blood and then posed for pictures with 😞

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azureline** — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 07:52:57 GMT

@*pepe wrote:
i wonder how many of those villagers that rogue elephant took obvious delight in gunning down in cold blood and then posed for pictures with 😞

exactly............ poor excuse for a human he is. 😞

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lakeland27 — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:00:56 GMT

these guys will be shooting in 12 national parks in a 'trial' run by the nsw government very soon. allegedly for pest control, they like terms like that, and 'rogue' when it comes to large pachyderms. older bulls can be dangerous however.

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toon_town_nutter — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:01:46 GMT

Disgusting!

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not_an_eloi — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:14:05 GMT

nsw primary industries minister is this sheila http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina_Hodgkinson

write to katrina hodgkinson or barry o'ferrell to lodge your dissatisfaction about this borsak bludger

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the_great_she_elephant — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:42:11 GMT

@lakeland27 wrote:
these guys will be shooting in 12 national parks in a 'trial' run by the nsw government very soon. allegedly for pest control, they like terms like that, and 'rogue' when it comes to large pachyderms. older bulls can be dangerous however.

Well I'm glad I don't live in NSW. with my leftie leanings I'm sure I'd be clasified as a "rogue"

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debra9275 — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:46:31 GMT

I wish we could arm the animals to give them a fighting chance against these brave men who hide behind bushes and pick them off. This guy reminds me of George Bush snr. who belongs to a special hunting club who do similar things.

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*crikey*mate* — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:50:29 GMT

why is that different to this sort of thing?

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lakeland27 — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:53:01 GMT

@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
@lakeland27 wrote:
these guys will be shooting in 12 national parks in a 'trial' run by the nsw government very soon. allegedly for pest control, they like terms like that, and 'rogue' when it comes to large pachyderms. older bulls can be dangerous however.
Well I'm glad I don't live in NSW. with my leftie leanings I'm sure I'd be clasified as a "rogue"

pink would be easy to sight i'd say

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freshwater-2 — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:44:53 GMT

Yes Debra, it is called the Safari Club in the USA. I think Colin Powell was also a member.

The exotic animal of choice is loaded into fenced yards and shot. And they call it hunting.

Many rich and powerful people in the USA are members.

They have imported (and smuggled in) rare endangered species including orangutans and pandas....yes even pandas.

All in the name of species study and conservation.

Kinda like the Japanese and whale hunting. .

The aim of members was to shoot a minimum of 171 (some say 300) different species to get kudos with the Safari Club.

Borsak was trying to establish one here in Australia. However, there are two organisations here who support and are members of the main one in USA, one in Guyra NSW and one in Katherine NT....those are the ones I know about.

Incidentally, the elephant in question was not a rogue according to on the ground reports. It was benign and just standing there..

It was all about money and the odorous Mugabe who charged for each elephant shot and he got the tusks.

I have been on Borsak's case for years.

What an obscenity he and his ilk are.

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freshwater-2 — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:46:23 GMT

Yes Lionrose it is true. It was extensively covered in the press at the time and nationally condemned.

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freakiness — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:55:59 GMT

@crikey*mate wrote:
why is that different to this sort of thing?

Neither are very tasteful but deer are usually bred for the purpose.

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lionrose.7 — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 10:04:10 GMT

I dont like the idea of killing any thing for sport, it is just killing to me, go and play foot ball

To see the light go out of thar beautiful creatures eyes how could he feel good about that.