Bob Parsons, the CEO of web hosting giant Go Daddy shared a vacation video in which he is not having lots of fun partying out but instead he was killing an elephant in that video. Not many people would do such things but he is proud of his actions.
Parsons's vacation video shows him shooting a bull elephant in Zimbabwe who had wandered near a farmer's crops, and then posing victoriously with his victim. In the next scene, the villagers merrily butcher the animal to the soundtrack of AC/DC’s "Hell’s Bells" while weirdly sporting Go Daddy baseball caps.
Parsons isn’t just unapologetic about this gruesome event -- he called it "one of the most beneficial and rewarding things I do."
Elephants are considered a vulnerable species, and experts warn that these amazing animals could be extinct within 15 years due to poaching. It doesn’t help that high-profile trophy hunters like Parsons post self-congratulating videos of their kills online.
Several conservation organizations have found simple solutions to conflicts between elephants and farmers, such as warding off the animals with beehives or scaring away the elephants with light and noise. Crops are saved, and not a single elephant has to die.
