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geardaddy

(25,392 posts) Tue Aug 12, 2014, 01:23 PM Aug 2014

From "I f*cking love science" [View all]

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From "I f*cking love science" [View all] geardaddy Aug 2014 OP

Kickin' it for Ain't That The Truth! In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #1

or a rhino horn or whale bones Duppers Aug 2014 #2

Exactly! geardaddy Aug 2014 #17

or plastic MisterP Aug 2014 #23

Plastic... which is killing us all! n/t ReRe Aug 2014 #39

Unless... logicatwork Aug 2014 #3

So that excuses it? LordGlenconner Aug 2014 #4

From what I've heard, poachers only take the tusks and leave the carcass where it lays. pinto Aug 2014 #18

Who are the poachers? logicatwork Aug 2014 #27

"Any relaxation in the enforcement of legislation..." pinto Aug 2014 #28

Yes thank you. logicatwork Aug 2014 #29

from the WWF pinto Aug 2014 #30

You prove my point. logicatwork Aug 2014 #35

Logic...not working... blackspade Aug 2014 #38

:) logicatwork Aug 2014 #42

I'd LOVE to see poachers shot through the skull before they can murder elephants DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2014 #19

I'm with you LordGlenconner Aug 2014 #20

Unless someone can make money off it. Iggo Aug 2014 #21

No excuse. logicatwork Aug 2014 #5

Yes it is an excuse...if all the native animals are killed, what will they hunt? Tikki Aug 2014 #6

You mean it'd make more sense financially to support photo tourism vs shoot to kill tourism? uppityperson Aug 2014 #7

Yes, that would be a sustaining profit. Tikki Aug 2014 #8

They aren't. logicatwork Aug 2014 #9

It has worked for gorillas, to make more money preserving them than killing them uppityperson Aug 2014 #10

Different Animal logicatwork Aug 2014 #12

Same situation and outcome. A few animals remain so how to maximize profits. uppityperson Aug 2014 #15

The focus should be on the ignorant assholes who pay the money in the first place. arcane1 Aug 2014 #11

Kenyans? logicatwork Aug 2014 #13

Are you really that naive? LordGlenconner Aug 2014 #16

Hunters logicatwork Aug 2014 #24

Exceptions that prove the rule LordGlenconner Aug 2014 #25

Sorry it's long... logicatwork Aug 2014 #26

Hunting animals that are threatened or critically endangered LordGlenconner Aug 2014 #32

What then? logicatwork Aug 2014 #33

It's a fucking excuse LordGlenconner Aug 2014 #14

Except, unless, it's just that... Iggo Aug 2014 #22

when these intelligent animals are extinct Duppers Aug 2014 #37

Poachers go f*ck yourselves, then eat sh!t and die Blue Owl Aug 2014 #31

+1 million n/t geardaddy Aug 2014 #36

+2 million ReRe Aug 2014 #40

K and R bigwillq Aug 2014 #34

... Duppers Aug 2014 #41