[_grrr]

That mammals other than humans are capable of emotion and concious thought comes as no surprise to me. Why some humans derive pleasure from inflicting unnecessary cruelty towards other beasts I will never understand.

[JoachimSchipper]

Really? People like feeling powerful, that's reason enough.

I'm well aware that it's a rhetoric question, but do try to understand why people do evil. Declaring them insane does not help you stop it.

(Also, there is no indication that anyone derived pleasure from unnecessary cruelty in this article.)

[njloof]

I assume he was referring to the poachers.