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LordGlenconner

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32. Hunting animals that are threatened or critically endangered

Tue Aug 12, 2014, 09:09 PM

Aug 2014

Is just dumb. Period. End of story. Game over.

It's clear what this is really all about: hunting as a pastime, recreation etc.

I don't have a problem with hunting. I have a problem with people hunting animals that are threatened or endangered, which elephants most certainly are.

I suggest you google trump and elephant hunting and tell me again how the very wealthy don't actually go to Africa and murder these animals for shits and giggles. They donated the elephant they murdered to the people there as well for food. It didn't make the act any less repugnant.

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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