Giraffe trophy photo in Guilderland yearbook stirs outrage
Source: Times Union
By Dartunorro Clark
GUILDERLAND A Guilderland High School yearbook photo showing a student posing with a slain giraffe apparently killed in a hunt is causing a stir among some parents and students and animal rights activists.
The photo appeared in a section of the school's yearbook where parents can buy an ad and place a special tribute photo or quote to surprise their children. The photo shows the student whose name the Times Union is not publishing standing in what appears to be a wildlife area with the giraffe.
The caption of the photo, in short, reads: "A hunt based only on the trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be," along with a heartfelt salutation from the student's family.
FULL short story at link.
A student poses with a slain giraffe, apparently killed in a hunt, which was placed in the Guilderland High School yearbook.
The caption in the Guilderland High School yearbook placed under the photo of the slain giraffe killed in a hunt.
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Giraffe-trophy-photo-in-Guilderland-yearbook-6293024.php
Turbineguy
(37,319 posts)John Galt's speech.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Not that shooting the less rare giraffes for a trophy is something I think is cool, but the reticulated giraffe is threatened unlike a lot of other subspecies.
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)Are regular fare in my region. The images, which include either deer, bear or moose, appear in newspapers, online, and in yearbooks.
I have always found them in poor taste, and when you add the waste of resources to travel that far and the fact of the falling giraffe population, this is beyond poor taste.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)keep killing them, soon the only place they'll be found is in zoos. Sad indeed what is passed on generation to generation. THIS is why humanity will NEVER change.
chernabog
(480 posts)burgers or chicken wings in this yearbook. I bet there would be no outrage at those pictures.
packman
(16,296 posts)Are you equating killing an endangered animal and the implied privileged life and the lack of compassion with eating burgers or chicken wings? There is a moral equivalency at work here and your comment suggests you may lack the ability to see it.
A shallow remark.
chernabog
(480 posts)you also lack compassion, so yes it is equivalent.
packman
(16,296 posts)for giraffe dogs or long-neck burgers, he killed it for killing sake. Yes, you are morally stunted to not see the difference.
Killing is killing. It does not matter if you eat it or not, there is absolutely no need to consume animal products. Do you not see that?
packman
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chernabog
(480 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,582 posts)I love a good salad.
chernabog
(480 posts)for life. They are made to be eaten to spread their seed.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)chernabog
(480 posts)Telcontar
(660 posts)Going to go eat a bloody rare burger now just to get the taste of pretension out of my mouth
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I bet a lot of half-wits are unable to perceive the difference between killing for entertainment and eating simply to live. Bless their little sub-literate hearts...
chernabog
(480 posts)One does not need to eat animal products to live. Even more half-wits do not understand cognitive dissonance.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)But the inappropriateness is not due to the photo's appearing; it's due to the hunt itself. I hope this kid and his family continue to get negative feedback. Maybe they'll learn something.
Judi Lynn
(160,516 posts)Lucky for him, he was probably able to destroy this beautiful animal from the safety of his jeep. It doesn't look as if he would be up to the challenge of moving for than 10 feet to pursue it before murdering it from a distance.
What a contribution wastes of skin like this make to life itself. Destroy an amazing, beautiful animal, remove one already rare wondrous creature from the world, get some defective idiot to claim he/she's "proud" of him.
Proud? "Proud," as if he did something decent?
chernabog
(480 posts)and kindness.
Stuart G
(38,417 posts)Some idiot approved that..I wonder how that got in the yearbook?