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mooseman2234 t1_iylagdr wrote

Reply to comment by Katiari in Black rhino populations are starting to thrive in Zimbabwe for the first time in decades, experts say by DasCapitolin

I do always find The tourism opportunities are not fully taken advantage of: You have

  1. poachers; and
  2. fat dentists from Missouri that want to show how tough they are by hunting ‘big game’ that can’t shoot back

Why not just give them permits to hunt the poachers?

And yes, I am well aware of the bullshit reasons of “it takes the old/sick out of the herd/ecosystem so the species can survive” but the herd/ecosystem survived JUST FINE without trophy hunters; AND the whole “money for the permits benefits the locals” - I guarantee it’s no where near the same as tourism would

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Heavenfall t1_iylejcs wrote

Human lives aren't worth as much, and kinda frowned upon to brag about taking.

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mooseman2234 t1_iylfcnt wrote

I am less upset about them taking poachers who are happy to hunt an animal to extinction, than I am about them killing a lion because it makes them “feel good”

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iShakeMyHeadAtYou t1_iyllxxv wrote

Paradoxically hunting permit revenue usually goes towards conservation efforts. Adam ruins everything did a bit on it.

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mooseman2234 t1_iylm064 wrote

Yeah - I get that - put you can only charge one asshole once to kill a lion, where you can charge tourists over and over again to see the same lion.

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iShakeMyHeadAtYou t1_iylm3s5 wrote

I don't dispute that at all, and I'm in favour of eliminate the poachers/hunting all together.

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