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You merely presume that without hunting, of which only a small percentage of the proceeds goes to conservation and protection (its mostly guides profiting), then poaching will just subsume the species. Why is that correct?

the hunting is part of the guided population control. they don't just assign the tags randomly. they use science to cull the herds to allow populations to sustain

the rhino example is the perfect example.

it's more than just the money. i will go look at that link posted later today but i don't think that is talking about the same sort of program that i am. the money paid for the tags goes to the governmental bodies. i don't see how that money goes to guides when i'm talking about buying permits from the government to hunt.

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Posted by FalseProphet

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Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:37 am to SlowFlowPro

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the hunting is part of the guided population control. they don't just assign the tags randomly. they use science to cull the herds to allow populations to sustain

Again, you assume that to be the case without any support. There is no evidence that any tags are issued to kill specific lions or that they are required to be of a certain age or in ill health. If there is, let me know.

Too many people in this thread have said that the only lions that are killed are ones that will help the population sustain itself. I have not seen one iota of evidence, anecdotal or otherwise, that such is the case.

Do you really think someone pays 50K to go kill a past its prime, aging, frail lion? I think not.

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Posted by Rhino5

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Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:50 am to SlowFlowPro

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the rhino example is the perfect example.

In just a few decades, a large population of northern white males has been reduced to a single 3,500-pound bull living in a 10-acre enclosure with round-the-clock guards. There are also four females left: two in Kenya, and one each in the United States and the Czech Republic. But none of them are fertile, meaning the population is on the verge of extinction.
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