Big Game hunting brings a lot of money into African countries, lifting many people out of poverty.
It’s highly regulated, and no one sneaks in and guns down endangered species. The hunts are sanctioned and controlled. The death of this giraffe does not move the species closer to extinction.
LOL Africa will never be lifted out of poverty. The only people who could do that have either left the continent or were killed.
Big Game hunting brings a lot of money into African countries, lifting many people out of poverty.
It’s highly regulated
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Tragically, You can say the same thing about daily abortions.. 113,000 daily around the world.
Agreed. Some African countries have figured out that you can allow controlled, managed big game hunting and can make a profit off the venture, to boot. I assume this was a licensed kill and is probably in line with the giraffe population management policies of the host country.
As long as the count is accurate then no problems but it's sort of like pending on Rhino horn poachers to report the head count. The pic of a 12 year old next to the dead giraffe is like cheese to rats...
As long as the count is accurate then no problems but it's sort of like pending on Rhino horn poachers to report the head count. The pic of a 12 year old next to the dead giraffe is like cheese to rats...
lifting many people out of poverty.....Don’t go that far far. It helps Many people out of SUBSISTANTIVE level of existing.
BFD. This was nothing but senseless slaughter. What purpose did it serve? I'm far from a PETA fan, but slaughtering animals for sport is asinine and indefensible. .
Even more importantly, to get a license to import the trophy back to the U.S., the hunter has to prove to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service that the hunt -- including the fees for the tag -- will actually benefit the species. The Namibian hunt for the two black rhinos (desperately endangered except in Namibia which allows hunting) is a good example. Two tags for $650,000 total, to cull two older sterile bulls that were preventing younger bulls from breeding the older bulls' cows. The Namibians would have culled the older bulls anyway, but figured out how to get wealthy Americans to contribute monetarily to preservation of the species. The anti-hunters are out in force trying to fake up reasons why hunting can't help species, so this information needs to get out there often.
It’s highly regulated, and no one sneaks in and guns down endangered species. The hunts are sanctioned and controlled. The death of this giraffe does not move the species closer to extinction.
The white guys managing the hunt and the black thugs running the government are the only ones lifted out of poverty. It's one thing for lions to hunt giraffes for food. They work hard and take great risks to do so. Killing a giraffe with a high powered rifle is such sport, even a little girl can do it.
She is not doing this for sport. She is not doing this to eat. She is doing it for the trill of the kill. I'm sure the giraffe shares your opinion that such hunts do not endanger the species and is happy to comply with thrill kills.