I could go 'hunt' livestock right now. You could, too. The rancher would probably let you shoot it for free, so it would take about 30 seconds to get the 'kill', then pay to have it processed. If by 'normal person' you mean sheeple, then you do have a good point.
That was kinda my reaction. This seems like an indulgence of an overly rich person. He has made so much money so easily so early in life that he's casting about for other sorts of things to give his life some meaning. But, it's fine. It's a lot more socially responsible than indulging in drinking and whoring.
It's cheaper to buy an entire cow (or buffalo) to eat...who cares if you kill it or the rancher does it for you? If nothing else, it's a good economic decision.
Why is that important? It is not healthier/safer to eat from the wild. just more expensive. If he cares about cruelty to animals then he shouldn't kill the animal.
Really? Hmm.. okay... you are wrong. Animals in the wild are not shot full of growth hormones, anti-biotics and selectively breed simply for meat production. Also, have you ever seen the conditions of a slaughterhouse or even many farms? The quality of life of an animal in the wild is far better than one kept in a pen 23 hours a day. You should stick to something you know.... like politics.... no wait...
Why can't a meat eater be appalled at the conditions of how the meat and diary industry treats animals, and choose to do it the old-fashioned way? It's not a contradiction, just because one is a meat-eater. Do you think American Indians were cruel to animals just because they hunted? Who is more cruel: hunter/gatherers or the meat/dairy industry? And it is healthier to eat lean game vs fattened-up livestock with all those injections and crap, and often living in filthy conditions. The conditions of the slaughters can contribute to eColi contamination more than a clean kill and dressing. Also, salmonella is more likely from grocery store eggs than your own free range chickens. I could go on and on.
If he didn't kill it with a bow and arrow and then butcher it himself, then there's nothing to see here.
I think it's just an eccentric rich person's thing to do. It doesn't make him a better or worse person in my book, just a weirdo.
He is killing some folx's enjoyment of the internets I wonder how broken enjoyment tastes Rocket River
Yeah, it's easier for him, but it would still be a lot easier to go to the supermarket or a restaurant, and he's not doing that. So he's doing more than most other rich people, I'd say. I don't really see how bison are more "exotic" than deer, but whatever. You're right, the two are completely mutually exclusively. Because frankly, if you can't deal with the fact that the pork chop you're eating came from a living, breathing, intelligent animal, you have no business eating it. Because if you just think of meat as a thing you buy at the store, you're more likely to waste it by letting it sit in the fridge until it goes bad or by throwing it in the trash can if you don't like the way it was cooked. Because if you actually take a look at some of the crap that goes down in factory farm operations, you'll be a lot more likely to gravitate towards sustainable grass fed and free range meat and poultry. I don't think it's morally wrong to kill animals for food, but I do think there's something wrong with treating them cruelly while they're living. Look I don't even like Zuckerberg, I don't think he should be applauded or anything, it's just not a big deal to me. But I don't think the guy should be criticized for doing something that he feels will make him a better person.
I know they're not an endangered/protected species anymore, but can you really just go out and hunt them as conveniently as you would something else? Maybe I'm wrong and there's a Buffalo shootin' ranch a couple miles from him. Just doesn't seem like that would be the case.
I don't think a lot of people understand what he's doing. A lot of people just go to the supermarket buy the meat and go home cook it, maybe throw some away. The supermarket meat probably throws away a large portion of the animal that most people don't eat. By killing and preparing your own meat you, in theory, should learn to respect and not waste as much of the animal. Most Americans don't eat the internal organs and things of the animals that we kill. Offal food, which in Houston there's a good restaurant called Feast, tries to use all of this stuff. It's not a rich people thing to do this. Poor people all over the world do stuff like this. They'll kill a goat or something, get a bunch of people together and eat almost every part of the animal. Bison aren't really an exotic animal. It's just that the US Government killed off a lot of them so they could breed more of the cows and also starve the Native Americans. This last part isn't a Toycen theory either. You can read up on it in your history books folks.
You know, I don't pay much attention to animal rights.......but what's wrong with giving animals anti-biotics and selective breeding? Not completely true. Yeah, the American government sure as heck didn't help, but bison populations were already on the verge of crashing before the white men showed up. The Native Americans were also hunting them at unsustainable rates ( and btw, that idea of Native Americans using all the parts of the bison and so on? Complete bull****), and the Americans just accelerated the process. The US government sure as heck didn't mind the slaughter because they wanted the Indians off the land, but most of the slaughter was done by young adventurers looking to ship buffalo hides to Europe and get rich.
