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shihao21 t1_iyjj18o wrote

I heard this was after the poacher population began to decline for the first time in decades.

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righthandofdog t1_iykyl88 wrote

The article says that COVID lockdowns limited poaching activities and they're back on the upswing now.

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Real_FakeName t1_iyl0t44 wrote

I would have thought that lock downs helped poachers, like they would be the only ones out.

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CharacterOtherwise77 t1_iymokbq wrote

Even criminals know better. During the lockdowns crime and accidents were at an all time low.

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Katiari t1_iykrzrc wrote

That'll happen when poacher-hunting season is year round and kill-on-sight.

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mooseman2234 t1_iylagdr wrote

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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MAXIMUS_IDIOTICUS t1_iylgdoy wrote

"During a routine patrol in July 2020, conservationists from the Lowveld Rhino Trust found Pumpkin's mother, who had been killed by poachers, Whitlatch said. Near her body, the conservationists noticed "little bloody footprints," to which they tracked down Pumpkin, who was still alive but had been shot in the torso by the poachers and was severely injured, Whitlatch said. She was just about 16 months at the time."

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Damn, my heart just broke. Poor girl...

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videoguylol t1_iykvllf wrote

Beautiful. A win for the planet

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Extrovert108 t1_iyl50yc wrote

I thought the black rhino was extinct!!!

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Darryl_Lict t1_iyl7yup wrote

The last male northern white rhino died in 2018 with two females still alive.

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Timelordguy t1_iym8dsh wrote

Aren’t they shooting poachers on sight? Sounds about right tho

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Magnum_Porpoise t1_iym3fiu wrote

Yooo, Rhino Shiny hunting? Where do I sign up?

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