Cruel? or Awesome?

Gamer_T · 7 Dec 2009 at 02:10

Americans. :rolleyes:

*******.

digipeep · 7 Dec 2009 at 02:13

Gamer_T said:
Americans.

x2

That world's ultimate Chav nation.

Energize · 7 Dec 2009 at 02:15

An electric fence would probably be much easier and cheaper.... Pentobarbital would also be more humane.

Arjun806 · 7 Dec 2009 at 02:19

I've seen something similar with the goats on the Galápagos Islands where they were eating all the grass and plants etc meaning the native giant tortoises were drying out.

touch · 7 Dec 2009 at 02:38

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
This will be more up your street

Doubt it!
If he didnt like the OPs video, he sure as hell wont like yours.

kylew · 7 Dec 2009 at 02:40

^TANK^ said:
Give the feral hog a rifle!

Even the playing field. Don't say it too loudly though, some fail director will try to make it in to a movie, guaranteed.

kylew · 7 Dec 2009 at 02:42

I'm pretty sure killing them isn't a necessity, though we all know how kill and gun happy Americans are at the best of times.

SkeeterUK · 7 Dec 2009 at 02:48

Poor things.

grudas · 7 Dec 2009 at 02:51

well it works whats the matter?

snowdog · 7 Dec 2009 at 02:59

Looking at that vid just made me hungry, do they pick them up once done for some fresh bacon or ham

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Gerard · 7 Dec 2009 at 03:21

I like how he's wearing camo so he and the helicopter blend in with the sky...or not

Suprised he's not got his face plasted with camo paint..

doofer · 7 Dec 2009 at 03:28

They are pests so need culling, not sure they use the most cost-effective way of doing it using a Helicopter though, and the full Camo gear whilst inside the chopper is just silly really, they are Yanks, they will always use a sledgehammer to crack a walnut, they just don't know any other way.

arc@css · 7 Dec 2009 at 04:15

^TANK^ said:
They're yanks no erection means no fun, I'm surprised there isn't music being played loudly like in the film Apocalypse Now.

lol yeah, I can just imagine that one.

86JR · 7 Dec 2009 at 04:36

Got to the point where i could hear one of the hogs squealing after being hit and had to turn it off. Dont like cruelty to animals.

Its not as if he couldnt have turned round and put it out of its misery is it.

JBuk · 7 Dec 2009 at 04:49

Get some! get some!

Jokester · 7 Dec 2009 at 07:31

This is a huge huge problem is some areas of the US. For the sheer rate of kill this is without doubt one of the best ways, even then they're probably not killing them fast enough to make a viable difference.

CaptainComedy · 7 Dec 2009 at 07:56

Wait, your telling me getting a helicopter to shoot hogs on a regular basis is CHEAPER than buying.... DUN DUN DUNNNNNN! A FENCE!?

Freefaller · 7 Dec 2009 at 08:14

It's neither cruel nor awesome - I don't see how killing anything can be remarked as awesome.

If the hog problem is serious then they need to do something about it and I guess this is the best way they have of doing it. There's never going to be an ultra humane way of culling/pest controlling lots of such animals. However it does seem quite wasteful.

Hopefully once they have culled the excess they can put in countermeasures, such as electrical fencing or other such things to prevent having to repeat this process.

Dolph · 7 Dec 2009 at 08:23

Just remember, killing animals is fine as long as you don't enjoy it. If you enjoy it, then it should be illegal...

HeadlessChicken · 7 Dec 2009 at 09:02

Meh, the reason the population is out of control is because we have overpopulated ourselves and created lots of nice farms for them to munch at.

When humans create areas of easy food or with low predatory risks (game parks etc), certain species need to be controlled by culling. Not convinced a heli and M4 are the answer though....