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This wasn't some local Bushman of the Kalahari trying to scrape out a subsistence living by taking a gazelle to feed his family.
Why you want to cry 'crocodile tears' for this fool that greedily put himself on harm's way is beyond me, but I've long since learned that there are some people who will defend any and all treatment of animals.
No sympathy for people that hunt for sport/trophies or the people that help them do it.
My children eat moose or venison most years when they grew up. I say most, because it is called hunting, and not shooting, and there were some years where our winter food supply was impacted by not having wild meat.
Animal populations need to be maintained at the carrying level of the habitat/location. If the population gets too high, there will be three possible outcomes. 1) The excessive population decimates the food supply, and significant numbers die of starvation. 2) Legal, controlled sport hunting is allowed, and populations are maintained at appropriate levels (and funds are generated improving the local economy, and paying for additional game management and anti-poaching activities). 3) Government wildlife officers will simply cull (kill off) the excess numbers, in order to bring the herd down to an appropriate number of animals, and ZERO dollars are generated by this activity.
It is important to note that in all three options, the primary end result is the same - animals WILL die.
Do you really believe that options #1 & #3 are superior to #2? Really?
as many people are starving in those areas- let "them" hunt for food- I am sure the population of wild will be OK--
African lions are one step away from becoming an endangered species, and a measure designed to preserve them is to blame. A new study suggests that hunters who pay to shoot the animals are killing too many of the big cats.
The rhino meat was loaded into the back of a large trailer and delivered to a small village in a desolate, seemingly forgotten spot. There was a modest church and a small schoolhouse. Most homes didn't have running water or electricity.
as many people are starving in those areas- let "them" hunt for food- I am sure the population of wild will be OK--
African lions are one step away from becoming an endangered species, and a measure designed to preserve them is to blame. A new study suggests that hunters who pay to shoot the animals are killing too many of the big cats.
The rhino meat was loaded into the back of a large trailer and delivered to a small village in a desolate, seemingly forgotten spot. There was a modest church and a small schoolhouse. Most homes didn't have running water or electricity.
Let them hunt for their own FOOD!
Got a link to that study? Lots of "studies" out there by anti-hunting groups that are less than honest.
I mean look at your own post, "one step away from being endangered" or in other words not endangered...lol.
Seriously? WTH? Where does someone even obtain a Nile Crocodile, at Petco?
Typically illegal exotic pet trade. Florida in particular has had A LOT of issues with that, mostly venomous snakes.
They didn't use to have a lot of regulations around that stuff until more recently you could just buy cobras, nile croc hatchlings etc. at reptile expos.
Used to be a lot of serious hobbyists but it got flooded with idiots like a fad and so that's where you get the big pythons loose and a host of other problems.
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