With a warning of disturbing image - Elephant hunt

The Spanish economy is in shambles. I do not need to get into numbers, plus I will get off my high horse of working in Germany and humble myself. The European economy in general is in shambles. And Spain on the cusp of tanking. Living in Germany, not a day passes by without an argument of sorts on who should bail who, what should be done, who is responsible, the conversation possibilities are endless and every politician in sight trumpets his or her own views.

This post is about trumpeting. Of a different kind. It has to do with Spain as well. The King of Spain to be specific who apparently makes it a sport to go elephant hunting. This is a picture of him looking rather jubilant I suppose after his hunt.

Photo credit: Facebook wall D'Ibiza

And apparently his hunt cost a whopping €44,000 euros. This from the King of a nation where unemployment is at its all time low and who's cost of borrowing just rose another six percent. What kind of a man hunts elephants and prides himself upon it and how can such a trade even exist. It is not too long ago that the ivory trade was made illegal. To shoot an elephant for the pure sake of a hunting orgasm? What is he compensating for?

He has apparently fallen and hurt his hip, which I am sure his millions has paid for him to repair in a jiffy. I do not regularly make it a habit to wish ill people more ill. But, I think in this case, karma seems to have spoken for itself.

I attach here another image of an elephant with his mahout. I have seen elephants in all sorts of settings, and if I could make an elephantine wish, stop the horrendous act of elephant hunting.

Photo credit: Facebook page of Practising through mind and meditation