Trophy Hunting In Africa - If You Don’t Know, Now You Know | The Daily Show

for as long as white people have been colonizing africa trophy hunting has existed as a way for them to bring home souvenirs and you know in a way i feel like us africans are partly to blame we should have had a gift shop we should have had a gift shop but while these pictures may have garnered praise in the 1900s these days thanks to social media the only thing that they generate is outrage in recent years the hunting of big cats has sent shock waves around the globe outrage in this country over the killing of a beloved lion in zimbabwe by an american hunter this photo from an african trophy hunt has sparked outrage across the country that same fire reignited when a trophy hunting couple posed kissing over the corpse of a lion they had just slain like i'm sorry man this is this is just disgusting you killed an animal for fun and then you make out next to its dead body is this is like a fetish no i honestly wonder this like like is this like a thing just for lions or do they do this every time there's a dead animal like like every time they see roadkill on the highway is this couple just like honey pull over i'm so turned on right now it's also disrespectful like imagine if it happened the other way around yeah like at a family funeral all of a sudden just like two lions popped out and started humping at your dad's coffin just like you wouldn't be happy with that and what's interesting what's interesting about trophy hunting is that we all assume people do it because they don't care about the animals but according to the hunting community they do this because they care too much i know it sounds contradictory but hunters love animals hunters are the ones that are giving so much back to preserving these wild species a lot of people talk about conservation but hunters are the real conservationists everybody thinks that the easiest part is pulling the trigger and it's not that's the hardest part but you've gained so much respect and so much appreciation for that animal wow that's one hell of a way to show your appreciation and respect imagine if your boss called you into his office and was like johnny i want to let you know how much i appreciate and respect your hard work and that's why it's my privilege and by the way did you notice how that other woman arranged her lions like did you see that i don't care if you hunt or not that's just creepy like look at that it looks like she shot the lions and then said make it look like they're about to have sex and then make that deer look like it's watching now oh another argument trophy hunters use is that they're actually getting rid of the slower weaker animals who are holding back the rest of the herd but that might not be the full story trophy hunters kill some of the biggest most magnificent animals which is bad for the health of the species because genes may no longer be passed on to future generations by taking those guys out of the gene pool it weakens the genes of the entire population so over the last 30 years the average size of a male lion has dropped specifically because of trophy hunting that's right despite what they say trophy hunters actually like to target the strongest specimens which i don't support but honestly i mean i understand it's called trophy hunting for a reason yeah you want it to look like you battled an alpha male to the death not like you snuck into its nursing home and then smothered one of the lions with a pillow she's like go to sleep scar go to sleep actually if you think about it this is the one time in the animal kingdom where it pays to be out of shape like i wonder if there's one fat ass lion who's just like yeah who's laughing now no one asked me to the prom but at least i'm not in the picture with don jr and one of the main arguments one of the main arguments trophy hunters give is that their hobby helps local villagers but upon closer inspection that's not necessarily true critics question whether countries that promote trophy hunts manage that money properly but a 2013 report found that just 3 percent of hunting revenue ends up in local communities in zimbabwe corruption and bloated bureaucracy prevent much of the money from helping those in need how much money does the community get at the moment we are getting nothing absolutely nothing yeah you see the truth is unfortunately the money from these hunts doesn't go to these communities oftentimes it stays at the top with the people who run the trophy hunting game to be honest most of these claims don't add up for me you know because another thing hunters love to say is it's not just the money they always say that their hunting provides meat for the local villages yeah because apparently before the white hunters came all africans could do was just look at the animals yeah africans were just like oh look at the meat inside that buffalo huh if only there was a way to get inside it ah i guess we'll just have to wait for the white man to show up one day ah one day so that's trophy hunting in a nutshell and as weak as the arguments for it may seem there will always be people who are convinced that it's actually a good thing which made us think if it's working so well for africa maybe it's only fair that we let america enjoy some of those benefits dear america for the past few decades you have come to africa to shoot our animals and you say you'll do this to help us and we are so grateful we want to return the favor you see all of these stray dogs and cats that are running across your country i'm going to kill them that's right as part of a new program rich africans will pay to hunch three dogs and cats in america and for every dog we shoot a portion of the profits will go to american communities up to three percent and i know what you are thinking what about my pets i'm going to kill them too yes pets at a reach old age will also be haunted by rich africans no more watching fluff will struggle to climb the stairs instead brothers will be shot and mounted in a nigerian's man cave and here's the best part after we shoot the dog we will donate the carcass so that no more american children go without school lunch it's a win-win oh what a cute dog you get a head start oh i'm going to kill it you're welcome america you

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Length: 6min 51sec (411 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 24 2021