Posted on 10/15/2018 8:50:28 PM PDT by Simon Green
A Fish and Game commissioner in Idaho who came under fire for circulating images of he and his wife posing with dead animals during a hunt in Africa resigned on Monday, saying he had made "poor judgments."
In a letter to Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, the commissioner, Blake Fischer, said those judgments "resulted in sharing photos of a hunt in which I did not display an appropriate level of sportsmanship and respect for the animals I harvested."
While claiming the photos were out of character, Fischer apologized and said he hoped the photos would "not harm the integrity and ethic" of the Idaho Fish and Game Department.
Fischer was criticized by former commissioners for sending the photos to them and others in a Sept. 17 email. In the note, which was obtained through a public records request, Fischer said the hunt occurred after he and his wife traveled to Namibia for a couple of weeks — a trip that was his third to Africa and her first.
"First day she wanted to watch me, and 'get a feel' of Africa," he wrote. "So I shot a whole family of baboons. I think she got the idea quick."
The images showed Fischer and his wife smiling above the bodies of various animals, including several monkeys.
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Heading back to the ship docked at the Subic pier from Olongapo with a belly full of San Miguel (Philippines, not Manilla) the barbequed monkey meat on sticks was out-fcking-standing. Only a P or two for two sticks with three or four hefty chunks per stick.
“….of he and his wife....”
It passes spell check which is what counts in journalism today.
OH..that’s what’s wrong.
Cheers
You sure you were eating monkey?
Some said it was dog!
So, I never ate any “monkey” meat in the PI, that I know of!
LOL!
If hunting baboons pays the freight for African wildlife conservation, have at it. As far as the locals are concerned, it’s all “bush meat.” Having dollars to spend helps to keep them from eating chimpanzees.
Baboon.
Giraffe are culled in old age. Did you miss the story of the one that was shot after killing three younger bulls?
Was it the adult male giraffe who no longer mates and had killed 3 other younger male giraffes?
I had a neighbor...not a fag.....that was washing and waxing his truck, while a crew was paving the road in front of the houses. They were on a break, and BSing with us and each other. One of them asked if he was getting his truck ready for hunting season. He casually said “No, I don’t hunt. “ All conversation immediately stopped and they just looked at him. Funny as hell.
Long pig.
Yes westerners have lost sight of slaughterhouses
Hunting is actually less grim
You and I would eat anything if we had to
Not sure about long pig but probably if facing death
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