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Coventina

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38. Agree 100%. These are members of criminal organizations.
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 07:10 PM
Sep 2015

They aren't just heroic men fallen on hard times.

If that were the case, all African wildlife would be gone in the next 30 seconds.

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Is your comment suggesting that you are glad these people were killed? oberliner Sep 2015 #1
Poachers getting a Darwin is fine by me. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #2
The elephant crop raiding casualties no Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #3
You think a fair punishment for poachers is death? oberliner Sep 2015 #6
You missed the world's reaction to Cecil's death? Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #8
What is fair punishment for slaughtering millions of cows, pigs, and chickens? oberliner Sep 2015 #10
I asked about extinction Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #11
I loathe poachers oberliner Sep 2015 #12
Some common ground Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #16
Fair enough oberliner Sep 2015 #19
Yeah, but if we started eating and raising elephants their numbers would go up- snooper2 Sep 2015 #41
Understood oberliner Sep 2015 #43
if they had names restorefreedom Sep 2015 #18
Great points oberliner Sep 2015 #20
i wish i would live long enough to see that restorefreedom Sep 2015 #23
owners of abusive farms should be charged with felony animal cruelty. Sunlei Sep 2015 #37
china has a dp for poaching restorefreedom Sep 2015 #17
Good points oberliner Sep 2015 #22
no they are not a good model to follow restorefreedom Sep 2015 #24
It's not punishment. christx30 Sep 2015 #26
Poachers got what they deserved. Nt dorkzilla Sep 2015 #4
Poachers deserve death? oberliner Sep 2015 #7
Yes, they did. Intending to kill a sentient being (endangered no less) deserves in-kind end. dorkzilla Sep 2015 #13
I am anti-death penalty oberliner Sep 2015 #14
Nature meted out it's own sentence dorkzilla Sep 2015 #15
Understood oberliner Sep 2015 #21
"Are you suggesting human life is more important than other beings?" Ahhh..yes? EX500rider Sep 2015 #25
You're entitled to your opinion - it's not an empirical fact that humans "count" more. dorkzilla Sep 2015 #28
animals are starving for enough food and space Sunlei Sep 2015 #5
So are people, in parts of Africa JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #30
wildlife get a taste for humans and I bet those poachers aren't the only humans they have grabbed. Sunlei Sep 2015 #33
A death sentence of their own making. lonestarnot Sep 2015 #9
If they hadn't been out there doing illegal poaching leftyladyfrommo Sep 2015 #27
3 dead poachers is a decent start. nt geek tragedy Sep 2015 #29
I'm against the death sentence but I wouldn't mind if our American poachers had to.. Sunlei Sep 2015 #34
I think it depends what animal they're poaching in the US. geek tragedy Sep 2015 #35
They were some mother's children. However, if they were closeupready Sep 2015 #31
Poachers trying to make enough to feed their families are not the problem. Shame on those celebratin uppityperson Sep 2015 #32
poachers are dangerous animals--they kill many more game wardens and park guards geek tragedy Sep 2015 #36
Agree 100%. These are members of criminal organizations. Coventina Sep 2015 #38
I agree they can be dangerous. I am wondering what drives them to poaching, how to get them work tha uppityperson Sep 2015 #39
They are terrorists and murderers. Every one of them that dies is a good thing. nt alphafemale Oct 2015 #44
Weird title makes it sound like crocs and elephants ganged up to attack people. yellowcanine Sep 2015 #40
Crocs and elephants leftyladyfrommo Sep 2015 #42
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