The only study more dubious would be one detailing the murder rates in uncontacted tribes from 1870-2014.
I appreciate the intention: polar bears aren't man eating monsters, but the remote nature of life in the Arctic gives me serious doubts on the accuracy of those findings.
Yes, legitimate self-defense is not hunting. They aren't even comparable moral or ethical actions.
One is self-preservation, the other is sport.
Hunting prey animals for subsistence is moral and universally better than factory farming, for all parties involved, including the animals.
However, hunting predators for any reason outside of strictly regulated population control, is disgusting. Even grosser still when they're stuffed and displayed for tourists.
I hope it was stolen by like-minded individuals and destroyed.
Is it wrong that I want this as a framed photo to sit over my fireplace? It's so unsettlingly hilarious.
I'd be open to the idea that his partner was murdered by some scorned investors, but the boat capsizing during a sudden a storm, in large part because it's dipshit owner wanted to brag about having the world's largest mast...well that would be a stretch even for Jason Bourne.
However, I would absolutely believe that there was a hit man waiting for him to return to shore, who had to explain to his client that there's no refunds just because God killed him first.