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Trophy hunting is regulated. We are not talking poaching here. Trophy hunting is a big part of the economy for many struggling countries in Africa. Also in Africa and in other third world countries wild animals can be a problem to people when the big cats go after live stock or a pack of hyenas start stalking and attacking people.
"The Trump administration will allow Americans to bring tusks and other elephant body parts back to this country as trophies, in a pivot away from the support President Trump voiced last year for an Obama-era trophy ban."
Yes, it's regulated, and Trump is appointing people who want to undo that.
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What about in Florida where alligators and giant snakes are causing problems?
I wouldn't group together an animal that's indigenous to Florida (gator) with an animal that's an invasive species (giant snakes/pythons/anaconda/etc).
Gator hunting was illegal in the south for a very long time until the populations came back. Now they're legal, and people hunt them. That's fine. People eat gator, people use the skin, there's plenty of them, and they're local.
Those snakes, as far as I am concerned can be eradicated entirely from Florida as they threaten the balance of complex ecosystems.
None of that really applies to animals like African elephants, no matter how you look at it.
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We cannot judge.
lol yeah, I can. And I will.
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If you want to hunt then that is your choice but follow the laws when you do. I only used examples of animals such as the coyote that is causing problems in my area.
The story, to me, isn't really about hunting. I have nothing against hunters; I grew up hunting and still go bird hunting occasionally. To me the story is about science vs peoples egos.
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Last week on Facebook a liberal friend had posted a photo of a guy next to a elephant he had shot. The caption was something about how wrong it was for this guy to lay in wait as a elephant came in and he shot it with a high powered rifle at close range to make himself feel more like a man....
What if the caption instead read "a quick thinking man with a rifle saved the local village from a rampaging elephant that had just stomped to death a young family on a picnic" He would be a hero .
In both cases that amazing noble elephant is dead.
I'm left speechless at your logic, I'll leave it at that.
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The point is we cannot judge and I stand by what I said earlier that hunters are closer to and understand nature far more than the average person that does not hunt.
Ok well, as a hunter, I think killing elephants and other threatened/endangered species for sport is bad.
Just about everything Trump related is disgusting including this. The Trump administration is a travesty. Trump and travesty should be linked together since that's what he is. If there is a difference between right and wrong, you generally get wrong with Trump and his purview.
Would it make more sense to have PETA members on it? Trophy hunting is still legal no matter how much you, me or anyone else doesn't like it.
I would just prefer a more balanced mix. There can be a few trophy hunters, but also include a few animal rights activists, and a few park rangers, a few zoologists, etc.
I wouldn't want the board to be dominated by PETA members either. Best to have people with different perspectives and backgrounds.
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