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LanternWaste

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14. Interesting editorial.

Reply to NickB79 (Reply #13)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 04:19 PM

Dec 2015

From the article...

The spread of subsistence farming has encroached on the woodlands, open plains and thick bush where lions hunt and breed. With human settlements and large predators living in proximity, lions are often killed in retaliation for attacks on livestock or humans. And a robust trade in bush meat has depleted the prey that the big cats depend on for survival.

"In contrast, the largest declines have come from nations where hunting has been banned for quite some time now."
There is of course, peer-reviewed, objective sources (i.e., not an editorial) for that allegation, yes...

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South Africa's lion hunting industry to be hit by new US protections which may reduce clients [View all] Calista241 Dec 2015 OP

About damn time. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #1

+10000 trillion Dec 2015 #21

Actually Should Ban Importation Of ALL Trophy Animals Except For Scientific Or Conservation. TheMastersNemesis Dec 2015 #2

Killing for recreation is an abomination. EOM navarth Dec 2015 #3

I'd be happy dressing up in a bullet proof Lion suit. I could take my trophy heads home and... BlueJazz Dec 2015 #4

Even as a little kid, I understood and respected the idea of "shooting" Aristus Dec 2015 #5

700 lions at $20,000, that's $14M not going to Africa JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #6

hunting companies contribute only 3 percent of their revenue to communities living in hunting areas LanternWaste Dec 2015 #12

Yet nations that allow controlled hunting have the largest lion populations left in Africa NickB79 Dec 2015 #13

Interesting editorial. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #14

The original study was peer-reviewed and published in PNAS this year NickB79 Dec 2015 #15

I'm South African FarrenH Dec 2015 #16

Many of those people will still go to Africa, wickerwoman Dec 2015 #17

Greatest fear of all for these freaks is any law making it harder to harm or destroy others. Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #7

Lion "trophies?" farleftlib Dec 2015 #8

+1 SunSeeker Dec 2015 #9

They have gone irredeemably sick, deteriorated inside. Wildly sub-human. Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #10

LION HUNTING INDUSTRY??!? Herman4747 Dec 2015 #11

This was discussed last week.. From a New York Times article happyslug Dec 2015 #18

Breeders will produce thousands more to meet the the 'bred in captivity' exception. Sunlei Dec 2015 #19

The irony of it is that this will probably hurt conservation efforts Taitertots Dec 2015 #20

There are always unintended consequences when decisions like this are made Calista241 Dec 2015 #22