I Love To Hunt… Let’s Go Kill!
This is very disturbing to me. There are so many ways we can spend a holiday to relax that does not require us to harm or take a life in anyway. The possibilities are endless for relaxation that we do not need to kill. At the end of last year, I blogged about a hunting service that was specifically catered to women who had a passion for hunting. Women, who usually brought along their daughters, would travel all over the United States to kill exotic animals.
It seems that there is now a specific hunting service catered just for the rich Chinese… most of them are businessmen who seek to hunt overseas. KEP recently posted the 2 articles below about a club called “I Love Hunting Club”. They are one of the many, many hunting clubs which offers rich Chinese men and women the chance to shoot wild animals for approx. 500,000 yuan a trip (USD79,377)!
These hunting companies provide packages which includes everything from accommodation to hunting permits. Hunters are allowed to choose their hunting weapon… for those who choose rifles, they are trained how to shoot before flying off to their hunting ground. According to micgadget.com, a hunting company in China called 52safari has had ‘about 100 rich Chinese people (have) hunted overseas and the participation is increasing’.
Many Chinese have expressed that rage online… so we can’t assume that all Chinese love to hunt.
Would you like to hunt on your holiday and destroy beautiful animals for relaxation? Or consider that a vacation? What pleasure is there for killing? What can YOU DO ABOUT THIS?
Tsem Rinpoche
Club offers trips for rich Chinese to kill animals abroad, triggers uproar
Updated: 29 Feb 2012
A club whose members, rich Chinese, travel abroad to shoot wild animals, has sparked outrage after reports it was planning a trip to Canada to shoot black bears or polar bears using rifles or bows and arrows.
The “I Love Hunting Club” is offering the trips at 500,000 yuan (US$79,377) per person.
Animal lovers across the country took to the Internet to condemn the club and its customers for damaging the environment and killing innocent animals for money.
The club, established by an American in 2007, says it provides “high-end and legal hunting services” for Chinese people. Members have to purchase hunting permits from foreign country governments to be allowed to hunt specific species in hunting grounds, according to club officials.
On the club’s website, a hunting trip to Africa or North America costs from 60,000 to 500,000 yuan to cover travel, accommodation, hunting permits and other services.
So far about 100 Chinese people, mostly rich businessmen, have taken part in the club’s hunting trips, and numbers are still increasing as hunting wild animals is becoming popular, a club official said.
But the scheme has caused huge waves of revulsion among animal lovers.
On popular news website 163.com, more than 37,300 people took part in a discussion about hunting with many of the 1,300-plus comments left expressing anger at what the Chinese hunters were doing.
“With 500,000 yuan in hand, they may save many scattered and poor Chinese families, but they chose to shoot down a polar bear. How ridiculous!” was one comment.
Others said they were shocked to see pictures posted by hunters showing how they shot bears and ate their claws.
A club official surnamed Huang said they feared their business might shrink due to rising online anger.
But he said its services were totally legal and approved by governments of other countries
, who are actually protecting the environment by allowing hunters to shoot down over-populated animals.
“In some European countries, hunting wild animals is considered to be an elite sport,” Huang said. “When the number of certain animals increases to high levels, the food chain may be affected and the ecological environment may be damaged. Hunting them down scientifically may help protect environment.”
Money paid to the government may help it protect the rest of its species, Huang added.
Source: http://www.whatsonsanya.com/news-20310-club-offers-trips-for-rich-chinese-to-kill-animals-abroad-triggers-uproar.html
中國富豪海外狩獵團崛起‧23萬殺一北極熊
“我愛狩獵俱樂部”開設網站，專門招徠富人出國狩獵。圖為該中介公司推出的一個“加拿大10天黑熊狩獵團”，網頁上詳盡介紹狩獵團的行程與費用。（截自網絡圖片）
（中國‧北京29日訊）花50萬元（人民幣，下同，約23萬8千令吉）可親手殺一頭北極熊！
富豪消遣越玩越“大”
【世華‧國際】垃圾堆撿舊書苦讀，巴西拾荒婦考入大學！
無論是以人民幣計算的“胡潤財富榜”，還是以美元計算的“福布斯財富榜”，中國無疑是全球擁有最多億萬富豪的國家之一，面向這些富豪的超豪華產業也開始崛起。
中國富豪的奢侈品消費不但冠全球，如今，他們的娛樂消遣也越玩越“大”。
製標本寄回國
從2004年開始，中國富豪興起海外狩獵的風潮，不少富豪參加一趟要價數萬至數十萬元不等的高端狩獵團，每人付近8萬元可到加拿大獵殺一頭黑熊，花近50萬元更可獵殺一頭北極熊，然後製標本寄回國。
目前已有上百名富豪參加，而且人數越來越多，狩獵地點遍及非洲、北美洲、南美洲，保育人士擔心海外狩獵成風，危害生態。
“我愛狩獵俱樂部”是中國一間有名的國際狩獵諮詢公司，每年舉辦多個海外狩獵團，從最便宜的每人5萬9千800元（約2萬8千500令吉）的5天4夜歐洲自駕狩獵團，到最貴49萬8千800元（約23萬7千500令吉）的加拿大10天北極熊狩獵團。
參團人數創新高
該公司創辦人是在北京定居多年的美國人盧彬，過去3、4年經他帶出國的遊客數十人，近期更創新高，從去年6月到今年1月就帶了8個團，“接下來4月的南非打獅子老虎團已經滿了，7、8、9月會再開，5、6月我們去美加打黑熊。”
盧彬說：“很多朋友說，你把中國人都帶過來了，人更多了，動物怎麼辦？我說動物不會因狩獵者數量增加而增加，但價格會更貴。”
該公司的客戶有經營房地產、開礦等，其中不乏世界500強的跨國企業高層，也有政府官員。
事實上，盧彬並非帶領中國人海外狩獵第一人，據稱“北京正安國旅”
職業狩獵經紀人王巍自2004年起就先後帶過20、30人到海外狩獵，他們多是年齡介於40至50歲的商人，有錢有閒，喜歡戶外運動，沒有開鎗心理障礙。
網民怒抨獵殺者殘忍- 主辦人辯稱：可保護動物
中國富豪海外狩獵引起網民非議，有的批評獵殺者殘忍，“充滿血腥”，有的則質疑誰給予北極熊狩獵權？
不過，“我愛狩獵俱樂部”創辦人盧彬反指中國人保護動物觀念薄弱，需要教育：“美國人一般是很小由爸爸教打獵的，甚麼季節打甚麼動物，公的能打母的不能，大的能打小的不能，偷獵不好等等，我們有打獵的傳統文化。但中國顧客不懂這個，我需要不停教育他們這些。”
該公司一名職員表示，參團顧客“除了可以過過癮之外，更重要是學習狩獵文化，包括學習保護動物，譬如懷孕的、小的（動物）不能打，只打老的、殘的”。
保育專家抨純為刺激
但北京保育專家馮永鋒直言：“中國人狩獵以獵奇和貪圖血腥居多，不可能從狩獵中學會保護自然，狩獵只為尋找刺激。”
團費包交通獵具豪華食宿- 可預訂獵殺何種動物
北京“我愛狩獵俱樂部”推出的海外狩獵團，團費包機票、交通、狩獵器具導獵、繙譯甚至牌照錄像等服務，而且食宿都是超豪華。
而團費裡很重要部份是狩獵權的花費，最貴的498,800元“加拿大14天北極熊狩獵團”，費用里就包括了一頭公北極熊，即給你獵殺一隻公北極熊以及取走的權利；而同價的“南非14天萬獸之王狩獵團”，則包括一頭雄獅，親手打到就歸你。
該名工作人員說，顧客報團後，可預訂想狩獵的動物，公司會向當地的狩獵場購買許可證，“哪一種動物可以打，可以打多少隻都有嚴格規定”，例如，長頸鹿1年才可以打1隻，豹子3年才可以打1隻，黑斑羚因為數量多可以隨便打。
顧客到達目的地後，需要在當地參加一個安全培訓班，學習射擊，“通常訓練幾個小時就可以了”，然後在當地導獵員陪伴下出外狩獵，“過程很安全，一點受傷（情況）都沒有”。
不包括製作運輸標本網站貼狩獵遊記- 抱垂死美獅坐大象屍拍照
“我愛狩獵俱樂部”的網站上的狩獵遊記一欄，點擊進去有文字和很多照片記錄中國富豪的狩獵遊蹤和收穫，並有照片甚至視頻記錄成開心旅遊日誌，這些多是該公司的服務之一。
狩獵遊記顯示，到墨西哥海釣的父子抱著的鯊魚滿身血跡；加拿大雪地上鎗客笑著抱起垂死的美洲獅子；有人在非洲博茨瓦納獵殺了2頭大象，並坐在大象的屍體上拍照；斑馬、羚羊算是尋常獵物，更有人貼相炫耀擊斃南非犀牛。
還有加拿大的大黑熊被來福鎗或弓箭射死了以後，熊掌成了狩獵遊客們的午餐，熊皮連著頭成經典的熊皮地毯。
逾百國家開放狩獵旅遊- 殘忍殺戮遭詬病
目前開放狩獵的國家過百，狩獵旅遊已成龐大產業。
中國媒體報導，美國每年參與者上千萬，獵殺動物30多萬隻，消費金額200多億美元，但對於狩獵甚麼、狩獵多少限制嚴格，還為獵場中的獵物登記了脫氧核糖核酸（DNA）。
據悉，在美國和歐洲多數國家規定須經過考試得到專業狩獵資格者才可狩獵，但在加拿大和非洲多數國家則只要有持牌獵人陪同則可。
狩獵旅遊因殘忍和殺戮備受動物愛護者和環保組織詬病，但不少狩獵愛好者辯稱獵場的收益令土地擁有者有保護生態環境的動力，是“獵人和政府合作保護動物”。
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It is said that when materialism and wealth increases, spirituality decreases. It’s clear that not only spirituality decreases, but morality too.
For people who enjoy hunting, it’s a clear reflection of how they can detach themselves from empathy. How can you end another person’s life, be okay with it, and yet wish to live long?
If we can’t stand the pain of a knife running through our skin, how can we inflict that same action onto another being?
I have a few friends who hunt, and I honestly don’t know what they see in it. I find it borderline traumatic watching animals die, and yet they can participate in an activity they call a sport.
How can you help people who have no empathy towards another being. We need more Peter Byrne’s.
http://blog.tsemtulku.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/science-mysteries/7-parts.html
Its true, what you have said here. Though I believe that money/wealth is not a negative thing, it is truly the motivation and method of using the money that not correct.
Even in Malaysia, this type of ‘sport’ is sort of picking up among younger people that hunger for adventure. I know a friend who signed up for wild bore hunting in Negeri Sembilan. Fortunately, he couldn’t stomach the brutality of shooting the wild bore and just stood from a far to see the hunters.
The worst thing about this is that the ‘businessman’ that encourage this activity actually said they’re doing the locals a favor by controlling the wild bore population in the area, which is why every hunter can only shoot about 3 wild bores and not more.
Whatever it is, killing is killing. And I’m extremely disappointed that Malaysia has this type of activity also…
Sometimes I really don’t get it why people kill animals just for the sake of entertainments. Animals are living beings as well, they have feelings too. They know what hurts and what doesn’t. We should appreciate what we have on this earth.
Thank You for sharing Rinpoche.
Love, beatrix.
i personally would like to shut down all of these hunting clubs. they do it for fun!!!! i can’t believe it. killing is not fun, always remember that
I don’t get why peoples take joy by making suffering for animal. We should protect animal from being abused.
All of you are complete idiots… Let’s pretend you get your wish and everyone on earth quits hunting. This leads to overpopulation, which ultimately leads to starvation. This would lead to the death of far more than hunters kill.
It is already bad that people killed animals for their consumption. Now they are paying and getting hunting permits to kill animals for their pleasure they called sports. It is a shame that money are spent on such negative actions when it can be put to better use.
How can any body derive happiness from taking the lives of others?
Just because these people are rich with loads of cash to spare does not give them the right to kill. Human is supposed to be the most intelligent specie on earth. They are entrusted with the duty to protect planet earth. However, everything we do is going against this sacred duty.
When we come face to face with the end of our world, we have no one to blame but ourselves !
This is “ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!” For sure, all these people will have very very very very bad karma!!! Sorry to be rude here, just cant stand it!!!!!!!! ><!!!!!
花大钱去豪华狩猎团要满足的是什么样的心理呢？有钱就是一切？有钱就能征服一切？用钱和杀戮满足内在的空虚？
或许，当我们把其他生物，特别是我们能操控的生物当成是低我们一等的生物时，却把自己视为比所有生物高一等时，狂妄自大的人类就会用如此残暴的手段来对付自己以外的生物，包括当成游戏任意把玩杀害的对象。当然，也包括在实验室里打开猴子的脑袋，老鼠的肚子来做实验……。
Some of the most compassionate and enlightened masters came from the Middle Kingdom, so it is heartening to see many chinese people outraged by such services. There is absolutely no justification to harm beings other than oneself surely out of pleasure.
The Chinese are showing their evil side more and more, money corrupts , absolutely corrupts. No fear of karma, conceit and self pride abound!!!
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It is just so DISGUSTING!
This is outrageous. How so sad they turn this hunting to a hobby. How would they feel if we turn the situation around. Let the hunters be hunted by the animals. How would they feel in this situation is how the animals would feel.
Just can’t imagine these poor helpless animals are being killed and photographed for fun or as a hobby for some rich people.Don’t they have any feelings for other sentient beings? Wished they could use their wealth to benefit all sentient beings instead of killing.
Inspite of statistics being given out yearly, that every year in the USA alone, Hunters killed more than 100 million animals, still these Chinese people from the various Hunting clubs have no sympathetic feelings towards animals at all! They yet organise through their hunting Club called “I Love Hunting Club”, to offer rich chinese men and women the chance to shoot black bears or polar bears for 500,000 yuan (US$79,377-) a trip per person to Canada. Compassionate animals’ lovers across the country condemned the Club and its participants through the internet, for these senseless killings of the innocent animals. Such phenomena brings us back to the Nazi’s days when the “Victors Nazis” hunted down and killed human beings like as if they were killing foxes, just like these rich Chinese hunters are doing!!! The animals’ Rights position on hunting seems very clear. It is morally wrong to hunt and kill animals for sports and pleasure. The basic interest of animals are seriously violated in order to satisfy less basic human interests. The animals basic interest is to continue to live, whereas the trivial basic human interests are sport, pleasure and preservation of cultural traditions. But who is to decide the “clear-cut” morality or logical reasoning of these Ethical Guides?
Mr Huang, how idiotic do you thing readers are? To suggest that killing animals may be necessary in order to raise funds to preserve their species of animals you are killing. Huh? And one more thing Mr Huang, the ONLY species of animal that is completely screwing up the food chain (by eating meat which they are not designed to) and making a diabolical ecological mess…is Man. Do we shoot them and raise funds to preserve animals that are actually going extinct because we chase them out of their environment?
The ONLY reason you are in this business Mr Huang is for Profit…Money. Not anything else and certainly not anything remotely close to preservation of life.
How tragic it is that at the end of presumably a struggle to attain success, that all one wants to do is spend big money to kill animals that cannot defend themselves from a long range rifle. I don’t know what the karma of this is, but perhaps one possible effect is that some may be reborn having to kill for food and kill in order to survive. Like a predatory animal…the kind that Mr Huang is encouraging you to shoot.
Totally senseless and harmful.
It is really unbelievable. These people are putting their evidence of killing online. Doesn’t this group of rich people have any other things to do than killing. How can they wasted their monies on accumulating negative karma? The money should be channel to a beneficial cause. They might be having great fun, excitement & a sense of success with their prey. But their true suffering will come when they rebirth to the lower realms. STOP the brutal killing. STOP the inhumanity and cruelty act. Be compassionate and create a better world for our future generations.
I am sure there is some sort of primitive thrill in killing since we humans seem to be hooked to this habit since we have been here. However how this thrill completely shadows out the compassion and common sense of wastage that hunting is, is beyond me. Perhaves it has to do with the wealth of these clients. I believe wealth does make people more insensitive. China is booming, but like India (my country) distribution of this booming wealth is highly asymmetric with few people getting super rich that they are ready to spend 100K dollars to kill specially bread exotic animals but unable to give 1$ to save a dying human being. Sad.
The so call hunting club was for the rich to flaunt their ego and showoff the status. It was really sad that they are not doing anything to benefits and contribute to the society with their power and wealth. Instead, they had chosen to indulge in killing for fun and create living hell on earth. Shame also to the organizer for taking the opportunities for making profits from sin business. Those involved are lower than animal in mentality. It also further mark that the degenerate age is getting worse. Animal kills for food, human kills for skin and sport.
Peace to the world………is it still possible?when on the individual level, the basic underlying of human attitudes had became so tarnished. We can only hope. Om Mani Padme Hum.
It’s bad enough that people kill animals for a meal… now people are killing animals for sport also… Although it a ‘practice’ that has been happening for centuries, I thought that as time pass, people will be more ‘evolved’ than continuing to seek fun through the death of an animal.
In Malaysia, we also have this so called ‘hunting sport’. I got to know about it because a friend of mine signed up for an outing with some senior hunters who goes for hunting trips regularly. Here, they go to a forest in Seremban, where they hunt wild boars. They take it as if they were doing a favor for the locals in controlling the population of the species… but we all know it’s not the main reason. My friend, who went for the outing said it was horrible… and he was never going to sign up for something like this again (despite my advice to him earlier, trying to deter him from joining the group)
This is really terrible, took the lives of animals and then smiled to the photographers…
While I have yet to convert to being a vegetarian, but looking at these pictures bring disgusts. Spending that exorbitantly big amount of money to kill animals. Plus that they are rare species.
There are people who try so hard to save animals, but yet there are ppl who kill for fun.
How nice will that be if they use the money on the needy, be that human beings or animals.
I wish that these ppl can change their mindset, if not immediately, then gradually, at least changes are possible to stop these.
Dalai Lama has said it very nicely ‘If you dont want to love, at least dont harm.’
Sigh! People with too much money and creating MORE negative karma for themselves. So sad! Aren’t there other activities to do rather than killing???
I’d rather go shopping than go hunt!
I don’t know about you, but seeing photos of dead animals in front of the hunters really disgusted me… I also hate seeing photos of people holding dead fish and hang them in their living hall..