Elephant Hunt Controversy Surrounds GoDaddy.com CEO

The social network web site Twitter is all abuzz because of a trip GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons went on and a video he posted online.
The video shows Parsons on a trip to Zimbabwe and an elephant hunt he went on.
On the video, Parsons talks about rogue elephants in the African nation and how they cause damage to local crops.
He went on a night hunt and killed an elephant, chronicling the adventure in a 4-minute vacation video.
Five shots from the team lead by Parsons, and the bull elephant went down. Parsons later posed with the animal.
The villagers celebrated the next day as they divided up the meat.
On his blog, Parsons explains that he only hunts where it's regulated.
In these areas, there is no concern about the elephants becoming extinct. In fact, the bigger problem is that there are too many of them, but that's not a good enough reason for the many tweets circulating the web as many people are upset with the hunt.
Many of the tweets are critical of Parsons and some animal rights activists are calling for a boycott. Some people want to know why such a successful businessman would want to use his vacation time to shoot elephants.
One activist called the video a" gruesome elephant snuff film."
FOX 10 talked to Parsons by phone on Tuesday. He told us, "I kind of figured that this might happen. So be it, I'm not ashamed of what I did... all these people that are complaining that this shouldn't happen, that these people who are starving to death otherwise shouldn't eat these elephants, you probably see them driving through at McDonald cutting a steak. These people don't have that option."
Parsons says it was "rewarding" to help the villagers and he plans to go next year.
Director of Conservation at the Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park, Ariz. - Dr. Grey Stafford's statement:
"The human-elephant conflict is real. About 75-100 elephants A DAY have been killed at human hands worldwide over past 40 years. And about one person a day loses their life due to the increasing numbers of conflicts between animals searching for food and poor communities trying to survive. The ever expanding human population on a shrinking planet makes these deadly conflicts more likely in the future and while elephants may "win" a few battles, their species most certainly will lose the war unless we humans change our ways fast. Otherwise the extinction of the largest land animal on earth is inevitable."

"While some hunting organizations are fabulous conservationists (e.g., ducks unlimited), many countries do a poor job of managing their natural resources and wildlife in a sustainable way. Corruption is rampant."

"As for hunting an endangered species, just because something is deemed legal to do, it doesn't mean it is the wisest thing to do. Perhaps those with financial means can fund greater security protection of wildlife parks that are woefully underfunded or pay to relocate troublesome animals away from rural communities. They might even get to fire at an animal using a dart gun but without the lethal consequences. Everybody wins."

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http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/morning_show/godaddy-ceo-shoots-elephant-03292011