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To: drewh

Other than this being a Clinton, I see nothing wrong with protecting elephants and managing their population.


8 posted on 11/17/2017 11:46:02 AM PST by shotgun
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To: shotgun

The fact that she is a Clinton and their track record of actually doing good deeds is pretty thin...may increased skepticism greatly.


13 posted on 11/17/2017 11:48:44 AM PST by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: shotgun

Elephant populations soared to their highest numbers ever under the legal ivory trade through CITES, a UN plan. The money given to be a member and gain rights to deal in Ivory went directly back to the preservation of the animals. Game wardens got new equipment, fuel for their range rovers, poachers were hung and the ivory confiscated sold to members for more range rovers, fuel and so on. Now, they can’t pay game wardens and they are poaching, they burn the ivory, driving up the price and demand and elephant populations are being decimated. So, hard facts are, hunters and ivory dealers care more for the elephants than animal rights hippies.


23 posted on 11/17/2017 11:53:48 AM PST by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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To: shotgun

How about a PachyBurger with Cheese!

Extra Yummy with Bacon!


25 posted on 11/17/2017 11:58:18 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: shotgun

Trophy hunting, which I’m sure she’s against is the way to guarantee survival. There has to be an economic incentive to keep them around, can you imagine being a cattle man and having lions killing cattle, and elephants wiping out miles of fence? What would you do to help your family survive if you couldn’t get paid $50,000 each to hunt them?


43 posted on 11/17/2017 2:58:39 PM PST by nobamanomore
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