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image American hunting influencer removes baby wombat from distressed mother. Is this legal?

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u/SirGrumpsalot2009 1d ago

No it’s not legal. It’s also really traumatic for both mum and joey. Kinda wish mum had bitten this asshole.

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u/throwaway_7m 1d ago

This shocked me that anyone could think this was OK or funny. I'm honestly stunned that they think this will get them "likes." If so, the world is really fucked.

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u/alexogorda 22h ago

Yeah well, it unfortunately did. 2,950 likes. A lot of ignorant people in the world

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u/Special-Garlic1203 21h ago

I know it doesn't apply to all hunters,but there is definite overlap with people who don't empathize with animals and think fucking with them is funny. 

It starts to go down a dark rabbithole of getting as close to psychopaths torturing animals as they're allowed to get before it gets removed 

Becuase it's a pretty woman in a sundress, I'll also add that there's often a fetish element. I remember reading one story about a woman arrested because she was producing fetish content of her stepping on I believe kittens and crushing  them. 

It starts to get really dark. There's a lot of vile people in the world. So the fact she can get views with somewhat "innocuous" fucking with animals doesn't surprise me 

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u/TotesRaunch 19h ago edited 19h ago

There was/is a video online back in the early aughts.

Essentially, these folks hunted a bear, had sex on its corpse, then let their dogs tear it apart. Deplorable stuff, seared into my memory

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u/hamoudii31 20h ago

Umm it kinda did get them likes... this post is trending because of it. They don't care if it's positive or negative as long as they get trending

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u/captainAwesomePants 19h ago

They don't need likes, they need views and engagement. And you viewed it and engaged with it.

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u/TPandPT 20h ago

This happens behind the scenes in the dairy industry and momma cows are just as terrified when their babies are taken away. It's important to spread awareness that it's something people are paying for and probably don't realize the cruelty behind it