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GoDaddy CEO shoots elephant, injures brand April 1, 2011 - 2:02PM
GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons may have achieved a new social media equivalent of jumping the shark. Call it “shooting the elephant”.
 GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons.
This post was originally published on Mashable.com
GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons may have achieved a new social media equivalent of jumping the shark. Call it “shooting the elephant”.
A video of Parsons shooting an elephant in Zimbabwe made the rounds this week, causing the domain name registry and web hosting company to become a Google Hot Topic and the subject of criticism. Leading the charge is PETA, the animal rights group, which has closed its account with GoDaddy and is asking others to follow suit. Parsons, a Vietnam vet known for his brash image, brought on the publicity by posting the video on his blog.
The video shows the damage elephants caused by trampling a farmer’s sorghum field. Parsons and his fellow hunters are shown waiting at night for the elephants to return. Then Parsons shoots and kills one of the elephants. In the next shot, dozens of villagers then come to pick off the elephant’s meat.
Anticipating a backlash, GoDaddy competitor NameCheap.com has already swooped in. The company is running a transfer from GoDaddy to Namecheap.com for .com, .net and .org domains for $US4.99 with 20 per cent of the proceeds going to SaveTheElephants.com. For its part, GoDaddy has yet to address the issue on its company blog. Representatives from the company could not be reached for comment.
This isn’t the first time GoDaddy has courted controversy. The brand is known for its envelope-pushing Super Bowl ads that feature “GoDaddy Girls” bouncing out of their shirts. One such spot, featuring a retired football player named Lola who becomes a lingerie designer, was punted from the 2010 Super Bowl.
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GO! Daddy!
I had been thinking of moving all or some of NE to the Go Daddy servers after an unpleasant event from another US based ISP.
Now another good reason to use them.
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Nice ele. I hope his business isn't harmed too much. And I hope common sense prevails in the struggle for hunting conservation.
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Send Letters to the Editor in support. Support pro-gun pro-hunting companies. 
Sydney Morning Herald Letters to the editor email: letters@smh.com.au
Also in the Age. The Melbourne Age Ltters to the editor email: letters@theage.com.au
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Leading the charge is PETA, the animal rights group, which has closed its account with GoDaddy and is asking others to follow suit.
Good riddance to PETA.
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Parsons, a Vietnam vet known for his brash image, brought on the publicity by posting the video on his blog.
A Vietnam vet too. 
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In the next shot, dozens of villagers then come to pick off the elephant’s meat.
Reality of life. Not the PETA psycho fantasyland.
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For its part, GoDaddy has yet to address the issue on its company blog. Representatives from the company could not be reached for comment.
Bob Parsons video blog.
http://www.bobparsons.me/index.php?id=-1
My post on Bob's blog:
Hey Bob,
Great stuff on the elephant hunt! I had been looking for an ISP to move hosting to, and Go Daddy was suggested by one of the team. Now seeing its CEO is a hunter and a Vietnam Vet, two more great reasons to support it!
I've hunted elephant as culls in the Zambezi Valley as well and it is not only an exciting hunt, but also good for the environment, the local population whom get a feed of meat, perhaps the only time for several months, and also the removal of crop raiders.
Well done, Bob.
John Hahn

Happy Happy People! nya:

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Edited by NitroX (01/04/11 09:25 PM)
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EricD
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Bob Parsons gets a big thumbsup from me too.
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pato
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gets my two bobs worth
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mikeh416Rigby
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He comes up aces in my hand.
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I wonder how many of those Peta dogs are Vietnam Vets?
Go Daddy
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I read somewhere that it was a PAC Elephant.
So would have been killed anyway.
Anyway, it's BS media hype as usual.
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Robert is a great guy and a avid hunter, its to bad he got picked to throw shit on by these hunting antis. I just bought a Westley 600NE from him, he has a tremendous collection of fine guns.
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Sounds good John. Do what you gotta do mate.
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Robert seems like a top bloke. The world needs more like him.
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