[Teacher317]

He didn't spend $110,000 to "hunt" the goat, he spent $110,000 to do something that very few people have ever done.

He may have also done it with the conservation of the species in mind, since he is one of the few who can afford to do that, as well.

Either way, the monetary part was about uniqueness, not about a (non-)hunt.

[wastoute]

Someone we have all heard of is spending a lot more than that to go to Mars which IMHO is a lot more stupid.