Posted on 08/11/2015 9:06:43 AM PDT by marktwain
Hunting in Africa is big business. The African countries depend on hunters, willing to pay extravagant tag fees to the government and spend many thousands of dollars in the local economy, to fund their conservation efforts that preserve and protect these beautiful animals from poachers and extinction. Earlier this week Delta, United, and American Airlines all announced that they will no longer allow the shipment of hunting trophies on their flights. While the reaction from Americans was one of support, the African governments who actually understand the situation are saying that this PR stunt might be single-handedly responsible for eliminating any remaining conservation efforts for these animals.
From the AP:
“The decision by Delta Air Lines to enforce a blanket ban fails to distinguish between the trade in and transportation of legally acquired wildlife specimens, and the illegal exploitation and trade in wildlife specimens,” the ministry said in a statement.
South Africa has been struggling to contain a record surge in rhino poaching, and poachers have slaughtered tens of thousands of elephants annually for their ivory around Africa in recent years.
Neighboring Namibia also warned that a ban by airlines on trophy transportation will hurt its economy and conservation efforts that rely on revenue from hunters.
“This will be the end of conservation in Namibia,” the Namibia Press Agency quoted Pohamba Shifeta, the environment and tourism minister, as saying.
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Nice rack!
The only problem is that corruption there is routine so you could wonder where those government fees might wind up.
“Nice rack!”
ALMOST makes up for the Willem Dafoe face.
What possible business is it of the airlines??????
I didn’t know giraffes were hunted for their racks.
But it will make the panty-waists feel better.
Unintended consequences abound.
Yes....but I do have some qualms about hunting non predator big game - rightly or wrongly.
I don’t know about the numbers and thinning needs or any of the many other possible justifications for it, but the picture just strikes me as something I’d not want to do personally. I don’t condemn it outright per se, but it’s something that just isn’t my cup of tea.
Indeed. The Palm Oil plantation in Indonesia are destroying habitat of Orang Outan. Only a hunter paid conservation program could offset.
People do not get it, it is not killing the animal but its habitat. Zoos are a horrible place for animals who all look out of place and uncomfortable.
That's a *giraffe*,damn it...giraffes don't *have* racks!
Well, they have nubs don’t they? Aren’t they close to nipples or something like that? :0)
They do love their people in their corporate zoos, not free to roam around. It is all in the language that favors corporate culture.
The Nazi school had a boy and a girl section, and they kept the girl section hypocritically.
WHAT Americans?
They didn't ask me.
I think it's bullshit.
And I'm actually a natural-born citizen of these here United States of America. Unlike some people we could name ...
If it's tightly regulated and the proceeds go to the greater good of the parks then one can,IMO,make a case in favor.But in Africa neither proper regulation *nor* proper distribution of proceeds can be assumed.
Maybe Biodiesel in Indonesia and climate change.... Palm oil plantations there are destroying habitat. Delta is a bunch of corporate hypocrites, and totally anticonservationist pro-industry, with zoos for Public Relations only.
Antihunting is a PR stunt for corps and the zoo keeping idiots volunteering for them.
The anti-gun crowd doesn’t care if all the big game dies off because of their actions. They’ll blame someone else.
But it is the fact of the Ban that is all important, not the effect on conservation.
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