Well then let's get busy and kill more lions.
Killing for food is one thing...but killing for the thrill of killing, I don’t understand.
I was once on a cross-country flight seated next to a South African safari guide. He was quite interesting. I asked about animal populations and he absolutely confirmed that African countries that ban hunting have drastic endangerment while those that has managed hunting have strong and growing populations.
He strongly implies that the safari guides take care of business themselves when they come across poachers.
I was sickened when the former seatwarmer in the White House has $20,000,000 in Ivory crushed into dust. A far smarter decision would have been to release it for sale, thus raising supply and lowering the price of Ivory. All proceeds could have been given directly to anti-poaching efforts in the African countries, but alas, he had a teachable moment and squandered it.
While most hunters understand and utilize the concept properly there are also a clique that could care less about conservation if they get their "trophy".
But.....
Butttttttttt........................
It’s all about MY FEEELINGS!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for posting this article. So-called “do gooders” would rather see a species become extinct than endorse hunting, just so they can feel good about themselves. They cannot make the connection to the consequences.
I come from a family that is a mix of hunters and wackos. The wacks argument is tiresome and is based entirely on emotion and a polyanna view that somehow these poor nations can maintain the herds on there own with little revenue.
The hunting side is based entirely on fact, reality and economics.
But that’s the way it is with lib-wackos on just about any topic du jour.
Trophy Hunting is the only thing that can save these animals... the belief in bans will save them is naive and stupid...