Louis Theroux's African Hunting HolidayRunning Time: 60 minutes (approx)Louis employs his trademark deceptive naivety to investigate how and why hunting in South Africa has become such a booming tourist industry, with animals bred on private game farms. Still looking for more?
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Some of you didn't understand Louis Theroux. He was clearly upset, as much as I was and as many other viewers were,no doubt about it, about the killing and the hunting. This episode was disturbing and difficult to watch, but it highlighted, once more, the emptiness and the stupidity of these Americans, whose "make-believe" attitude drives them to visit "venice"in ... las vegas and hunt in the so-called wild... in a farm ready to provide them an animal for money. I can't stand these values, and above all, I can't stand killing, hunting and harming any animal. I hate the fact that arms are freely allowed in the US and that many Americans possess a huge amount of them.
I had the ooportunity to visit a REAL game reserve in Africa where animals are protected and respected, and it was a true spiritual experience to watch a giraffe drinking in a pond or a kudu suddenly appearing in the bushes... Beautiful. When you watch these animals, you can only admire the beauty of God (or Nature's) creation and not say a word, and not touch of course.
Again- The ones who hate Louis Theroux don't understand him or his sense of humour (I love it! and great British accent...). In this episode, though, humour was absent and it's easy to understand why.
I fully agree with Chris his comment on april 22nd.
Louis Theroux made a fine documentary showing both sides of human and wildlife.
Where men appears destruction will follow. Sad to understand that for now the only solution seems to commercialize the hunt to preserve wildlife in the end.
I have got an idea how to even further enhance wildlife preservation and at the same time fulfil the need of men to hunt, kill and outsmart inferior species on this planet.
Set up a commercially based hunting firm where people who wish to spend fortunes and seek adventure can hunt and kill poachers. That is under professional guidance with the best of arms.
Poachers might fight back which makes it a real treat and challenge for the hunter.
To me this seems far more awarding than shooting off defenceless animals from close range which animals are lured to a waterhole. At the time the pressure on wildlife by poaching in those regions is balanced, humans can start migrating animals from regions with over population.
But I guess my idea is just fiction, for those so called brave hunters are merely sissies who would pee their pants if they would have to face real danger.
seems like a lot of you fools don't really understand what this programme is but decided to jump to your own pathetic conclusions anyway. Louis Theroux is one of the country's best journalists and this programme isn't about him going around killing animals -- it's an expose that raises awareness about people who pay to kill animals for nothing more than trophies. Throughout the programme Louis challenges those who do and continuosly questions there morals and ethics. To call Louis a murderer is foolish and ill-informed and to insult the BBC as well is pathetic. Watch the programme, I can't understand why you would assume something purely from it's title.
Mr. Louis Theroux is a killer. He invades the habitat of other beings, only to kill them. It seems, you think that only because the animals are not humans, it's okay to hunt them. It's NOT. Animals suffer just like us. Therefore, there is no difference between Mr. Louis Theroux and other murderers. I am disappointed with BBC for giving it four stars. This is not to be accepted and BBC should apoligize for promoting cruelty. This guy should be in prison. That's where he belongs.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING AND I TOO HOPE HE IS EATEN BY A LION! I GUESS WALKING UP TO AN ANIMAL AN KILLING IT MAKES SOME FEEL LIKE A "MAN"!! LMAO
Oh please! This is nothing but glorified canned hunting! Shame on them and anyone else who feels it is somehow justified to shoot at amazing wildlife enclosed in fences, no matter how large! What is the matter with people?! This is how far we've come by the year 2008?! Disgusting. And shame on you BBC for buying it!
Although this programme revealed the trophy hunters for the bloodthirsty, unfeeling idiots they are and a South African "game industry" who turn sentient beings into commodities and who will kill any animal (possibly even people if they thought they could get away with it)for money, ubfortunately Louis Theroux failed to unmask the true nature of this evil industry. For example:colonial and exploitative notions of conquest and control of "dark Africa" that are embedded in trophy hunting; the dehumanisation of the workers who have no choice but to work in this industry; the very real link between slaughtering healthy animals and a critique of killing animals as food; an interrogation of farming wild animals - these farms are not ecologically viable as they are unnatural and have no ntural predators; trophy hunting is not only cruel but it is impacting negatively on biodversity and on gene pools; historically trophy hunting wiped out populations and led to extinctions - nothing has changed and there are certainly more humane, sustainable and more ecologically sound ways to save animals from extinction. Finally, not to question implicit statements within the programme that Africans are merely destructive and incapable of preserving nature and animals, it is an insult to Africans and perpetuates racism.
NOTE to self: NEVER watch BBC again!
Trophy hunters AND the breeders of these poor animals without a chance of escape are the lowest scum of the earth. They don't even make the bogus claim of conservation, they are proud of their bloodlust. They are psychopaths and should be locked up. I think I like Denise's idea better!
This is barbaric and inhumane. A news network should be embarassed and ashamed to broadcast this kind of behavior. This is not a sport. Get some dignity and humanity. You can support better stories than this.
A disgusting programme. These people have no idea what they are doing to the environment by hunting. And standing in a hut and shooting a defenceless animal close range is NOT a trophy or a sport. It is complete cowardice. 'Hunters' deserve to be killed and mounted on the wall themselves. One quote was, 'you will eat the meat, but you won't kill the animal'. Shooting an animal close range to mount on your wall is not killing for survival or feeding. It is truly disgusting and makes me ashamed to be human.
I've given up watching BBC because of its political pro government bias. This is the finally straw. I hope this man gets eaten by a lion. He is a hideous sub humnan.
Totally hideous. What on earth is going on with the BBC?????? Everytime i turn the TV on some animal is being killed. Ever thought of evolving???????