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re: Cecil the lion's killer revealed as American dentist
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:09 am to Geekboy
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:09 am to Geekboy
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Maybe Germans but...
This from the link I think is telling and one has to ask...do we stop these hunts when we're down to Noah's Ark numbers or something short of that?
Approximately 600 lions are killed every year on trophy hunts, including lions in populations that are already declining from other threats. These hunts are unsustainable and put more pressure on the species.
Trophy hunting is also counter-evolutionary, as it's based on selectively taking the large, robust, and healthy males from a population for a hunter's trophy room. These are the same crucial individuals that in a natural system would live long, full lives, protecting their mates and cubs and contributing their genes to future generations.
Carry on...
Maybe Germans but...
This from the link I think is telling and one has to ask...do we stop these hunts when we're down to Noah's Ark numbers or something short of that?
Approximately 600 lions are killed every year on trophy hunts, including lions in populations that are already declining from other threats. These hunts are unsustainable and put more pressure on the species.
Trophy hunting is also counter-evolutionary, as it's based on selectively taking the large, robust, and healthy males from a population for a hunter's trophy room. These are the same crucial individuals that in a natural system would live long, full lives, protecting their mates and cubs and contributing their genes to future generations.
Carry on...
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Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:14 am to pennypacker3
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Trophy hunting is also counter-evolutionary, as it's based on selectively taking the large, robust, and healthy males from a population for a hunter's trophy room.
THISSSSSS!!!!!!!!
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:20 am to pennypacker3
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Trophy hunting is also counter-evolutionary
So are a lot of things humans accept in their society in order to be "progressive"
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:00 am to pennypacker3
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Approximately 600 lions are killed every year on trophy hunts... These hunts are unsustainable and put more pressure on the species.
How are they unsustainable if the lion pop is 30,000+?
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including lions in populations that are already declining from other threats
In specific circumstances specific lions are selected to be killed that don't negatively affect the overall population.
Trophy hunting is also counter-evolutionary, as it's based on selectively taking the large, robust, and healthy males from a population for a hunter's trophy room.
Not true. Most of the lions sanctioned to be killed are non breeding males.
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600 lions are killed every year on trophy hunts
Lets see, 600 x $30K = $18M pumped into the economies of otherwise dirt poor countries to incentivize them to save the animals, as opposed to the areas where hunting is not allowed, and all poachers have to do is bribe the 'game wardens' with a few bucks to look the other way, because there's no financial incentive for these guys to give a frick.
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