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List of animals taken during Teddy Roosevelt's safari in 1909
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:30 am
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:30 am
KR is his son Kermit.
Most of these animals were donated for study or food.
Most of these animals were donated for study or food.
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Kermit and I kept about a dozen trophies for ourselves; otherwise we shot nothing that was not used either as a museum specimen or for meat...the mere size of the bag indicates little as to a man's prowess as a hunter, and almost nothing as to the interest or value of his achievement.
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Roosevelt also wrote that "game butchery is as objectionable as any other form of wanton cruelty or barbarity." His safari, even though it had a massive tally, arguably helped improve knowledge about a continent and animals that remained mysterious to many Americans. Just as some hunters fund conservation efforts today, Roosevelt's hunt was meant to promote the natural world and science.
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Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:32 am to weagle99
Damn. All out Shooting Spree
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:34 am to weagle99
T.R was the ultimate Alpha. 
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:36 am to Hogwarts
Can you imagine the taxidermy bill?
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:37 am to weagle99
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:41 am to tide06
Wonder industrial lobby paid for that trip?
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:42 am to weagle99
Damn, they shot everything that moved.
17 lions
11 elephants
47 gazelle
fricking savage
17 lions
11 elephants
47 gazelle
fricking savage
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:42 am to Crawdaddy
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Damn. All out Shooting Spree
PETA would have had the ultimate meltdown if they were around then
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:43 am to weagle99
He shot a pelican. That SOB.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:44 am to weagle99
Pelicans and flamingos? Come on man
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:47 am to weagle99
I've never heard of many of those animals, specifically the Dikdik.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:48 am to weagle99
The progressive party
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:49 am to MaHittaMaHitta
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I've never heard of many of those animals, specifically the Dikdik.
Hunting trips like these are probably why you haven't heard of them
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:55 am to weagle99
Conservationist...lol
Posted on 6/26/17 at 9:03 am to MaHittaMaHitta
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Dikdik
They are neat little animals. Not sure why exactly you would hunt them, they don't provide much meat compared to the herd of elephants they already have stored in their yeti.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 9:06 am to weagle99
And that's back when they actually hunted. They didn't just bait a spot and sit back in an air-conditioned Land Rover 300 yards away with a 10x optic on a .308 rifle just waiting for animals to waltz on up to take an easy shot.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 9:08 am to weagle99
wonder what kind of rifle they used?
Posted on 6/26/17 at 9:10 am to Damone
Only two ways to study the anatomy of an animal, and that's to kill it or wait for it to die.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 9:12 am to MaHittaMaHitta
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I've never heard of many of those animals, specifically the Dikdik.
guess you never been to the BR Zoo b/c they have them there.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 9:14 am to TeddyPadillac
I prefer to stay away from NBR.
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