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The Super Bowl ad that GoDaddy pulled because it pissed off puppy lovers isn't the first video that the organization had to yank from the Internet.

Back in 2011, GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons posed with an elephant he killed while on African safari. PETA and many others cried foul. Here is his vacation video.

Parsons claims he killed the pachyderm legally and within the bounds of beneficial hunting, just like a hunter would an elk here in Colorado.

 

The only thing that bothers me about his defense in this video is the fact that he acts like he needs to do this to save these villagers, and won't just admit that he likes to hunt.

With his power, position and prosperity, the best thing he can think of to do to help these poor impoverished people is go shoot one elephant per year? Not help them figure out how to generate said missing electricity (3:19 in the CNN video), or establish literacy programs that would lead to advances in dealing with human/animal interactions? Or, more cost effectively, hire a beekeeper to live there for a few year and teach the people how to tend beehivess, a solution CNN's notably absent expert suggested through the attractive host at 3:10 in the video.

Not that it's his responsibility to do anything, but he's acting like he's only motivated to do this to help the people of Africa. Well, if that's what he really wants to do, a person who manages the services of GoDaddy (which I've used and really like) could probably come up with something more impactful than killing an elephant a year.

Just admit that you like to hunt! It's an animal that is allowed to be hunted. You went and hunted it.

Also, it can help the people. The meat feeds them. They chose a bull that was destroying food and causing problems.

What I glean from the interview is that he likes to hunt first and help Africans second, not the other way around.

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