Posted on 11/20/2017 3:59:15 AM PST by marktwain
Trophy Hunting is the only thing that can save these animals... the belief in bans will save them is naive and stupid...
Hate to break this to you, but stop being ruled by emotion and go research what has happened with these big game populations over in africa and which states over there, especailly in the states that allow legalized hunting vs those that have banned it....
You will soon learn those that have continued to allow legalized hunting are the only states where the populations are not in massive decline.
Banning doesnt work.. Africa is not the US... There is no ability at any national or even regional level to stop poaching, nor is there funding to pay for it.. the ONLY way you can impact it, is by making the animals valuable to the land or animal owner, and the only way you do that is by legalized hunting....
The fees fund anti poaching enforcement and make the animals valuable to their owners/land holders, so they themselves protect them as well....
This bleeding heart stupidity is why Rhinos are virtually extinct in most of Africa today, because of the idiotic BAN on their hunting in most nations, made their value NOTHING except to those willing to kill them for no reason but to sell their horn.
Stop being an emotional basket case and get informed.
Killing for food is pretty thrilling. Hunting deer, elk, moose, hog, is not boring. You must not hunt.
If the wolf population was at pre-columbian levels, people would not be everywhere.
That is one of the problems with keeping apex predators. They need enormous amounts of habitat. They are very expensive luxuries.
It simply isn’t a long term solution. When part of the population is removed, especially males, new animals migrate in, or the remaining numbers rebound due to food abundance.
Reality is a horror show without the trophy hunters.
Trophy hunters kill game in a much more humane fashion than all the other options available.
You are not considering reality. What do you think happens to those elephants without trophy hunting?
Like I said we are hypocrites in this regard.
One is killed every fifteen minutes. That is reality and the manner it is done is reality. Trump knows this know
No one is banning hunting. Trump is banning the importation of elephant trophies into the USA. Learn to understand facts and not imply this is a total ban on all hunting in Africa
Where are you getting your “facts”?
One is killed every fifteen minutes. That is reality and the manner it is done is reality. Trump knows this know
All elephants die. Those killed trophy hunting tend to suffer the least.
But at least you admit you don’t understand!
Most of them are concrete conservationists, and just know that they don’t like it, so nobody else should be allowed to do it.
It is hunting, not killing, two different things. Think of it this way, when you watch animals in their natural surroundings, you are a watcher. When I hunt I’m part of nature, I’ve done fly in camps 100 miles north of the Arctic circle where they just dump your gear out, fly off and leave you for a week or 10 days, horseback trips into the wilderness in Idaho, etc. It isn’t about killing!!!
So, you’re an expert on Africa? Ever been there?
The PH polices his area himself, and trust me on that, they will hammer poachers, they are to a fault in love with the animals they hunt.
Of course, the politicians skim some, they do here as well. See: Clinton Foundation
Every pol has a “non profit” associated with them for tax free income potential.
if you’ve ever been to the hunting areas of Africa, it is so vast, the only way it gets patrolled is by the professional hunters. They are the ones that control the poachers.
Look up a show called “Ivan Carters WAR”
He is a premier elephant PH and has his own anti poaching unit.
Look at this as well, my friends at Charlton McCollum Safaris http://www.dapuzim.com/, this is their anti poaching report.
So, then the quotas get used by Europeans!!!!
No elephants are protected by it at all!!!
But the Libs FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES
I hunt for good prices on the meat mark down bin at the local Kroger. Let me repeat...hunting for food, I don’t have a problem. Killing an animal so you can brag to your friends that you did. I don’t get.
I hunt for good prices on the meat mark down bin at the local Kroger. Let me repeat...hunting for food, I don’t have a problem. Killing an animal so you can brag to your friends that you did. I don’t get.
LOL. When I go to Kroger my first stop is the meat clearance. I evaluate quality vs. markdown price. Make a friend with the meat dpt manager. When you see a good deal look at the label. I forget the alpa character (think it is L) there is a 2 letter code. A 3 at the end means they will not go any lower. Take it to him/her and ask for price 3. My meat dpt manager always gives me 3 and his shrinkage/loss is a lot lower for it.
As far as hunters go, it is evolution. Some people get a rush out of killing. If it wasn’t for them we would not be the well fed large brained dominant species on the planet. Many other species kill each other indiscriminately. We don’t (usually.)
It is genetic. Some people are hunters, some are not. I am not a hunter.
This kid on the other hand is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1rQpqIbBsU
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