Posted on 12/23/2015 5:37:51 AM PST by HomerBohn
JOHANNESBURG -- The Obama administration is stepping up efforts here to combat illegal wildlife poaching, an expanding criminal enterprise in South Africa that has driven several animal species toward extinction and fueled the growth of international gangs.
But the effort is coming as South Africa wrestles with its own strategy, which could diverge significantly from Washington's. Just last month, a South African court lifted a ban on domestic trade in rhinoceros horns, reigniting a debate between those who claim that a legal trade within South Africa's borders could help stem the poaching crisis and those who say it would only worsen it.
Tipping the scale, the United States government is pouring millions of dollars into training and intelligence gathering to help counter losses among endangered species like the African rhino. South Africa has 80 percent of the world's rhino population.
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The South African Police Service, one of the law enforcement agencies leading the government's antipoaching efforts, did not respond to requests for comment.
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What about a COLA for my social security? Give me a tax break that won't just buy me a happy meal. Tired of taking care of the world while we have to pay pay pay here at home. Americans rise up and cast off the shackles of this central socialist government!
Impeach Obama and elect Donald Trump and Ted Cruz!
How can we have Egg McMuffin without poachers? It wouldn’t be the same.
Yep. Just another place our money doesn’t belong.
When you want to bankrupt your country, you gots to find ways to spend da’ money!
Slight correction:
U.S. Pours Millions Into South Africa’s Corrupt Politicians Pockets..............................
If you give money to someone to ‘Solve a problem’, it’s in their best interest to make sure the ‘problem’ is never solved...................
Foreign Aid:
Poor people in rich countries giving money to rich people in poor countries........................
“If you give money to someone to ‘Solve a problem’, it’s in their best interest to make sure the ‘problem’ is never solved...................”
You might as well be talking about the Beltway !!!
How about a McMuffin on rye? No.
No rye no rye no rye no.
Hence, GlowBull Warming...............................
And the other 20 percent is right here in America.
Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind why we utterly despise the Washington elites?
They’ll find out it’s the politicians funding the poachers. Isn’t that what usually happens?
By the way, I HATE poachers. I love elephants. Maranatha!
I made this comment back in May.
Back in 1980, I spent an afternoon visiting an American on his ranch in central Kenya, He had a very large spread and had installed “Elephence”, a particularly effective fence designed to keep game park animals from marauding neighboring villages. He also had his own private squad of game rangers to prevent poaching.
His wildlife management practices were so effective that he eventually had more elephants & rhino than the land could support. He offered these excess animals to the government of Kenya for transplant to various game parks. Kenya replied, “Thank you very much, but we will not be able to protect them from being killed by poachers”.
What is your solution to problems of this type?
1)Let the overcrowding continue, resulting in malnourished large animals and destroyed forest & brush land.
2)Let wealthy hunters cull the herd to maintain both a healthy herd AND a healthy rangeland.
3)Fire his game rangers and let the poachers kill indiscriminately for ivory and rhino horn.
4)Remove the “Elephence” and allow the herds to “expand their range” into neighboring villages and farmer’s fields. The wildlife may no longer be malnourished, but the local people sure will be.
5)Cull the herds of people by promoting abortion and contraception. Stop using DDT to prevent malaria, dengue and other mosquito borne diseases.
5)Fill in the blank____________________
Do what works. Have managed and patrolled hunting.
African countries that allow legitimate big game hunting have thriving big game populations. Those countries that ban hunting have major poaching problems and endangered populations.
The nation is bankrupt and the Republicrats who join the Damnocraps in Congress are traitorous running dogs.
Excellent post!!!
If the government of Kenya wasn’t so stupid, they would see that by allowing hunting, their wildlife would increase.
Zimbabwe is still culling whole herds of elephant because their are not enough Bwanas to keep the herds manageable.
Bingo!
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