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forcing communities to communities forcing in the field of environmental science, conservation and preservation are two different aretwo preservation andscience, conservation environmental of field the in put immense pressures on laissez life (OUP 2015). In order to avoid confusion, it is important to note this definition this note to important is it confusion, avoid to In order 2015). (OUPlife te rwn deman growing the , der sustainable use sustainable principles.der - faire . While many of these anthropogenically induced changes cannot be be cannot changes induced anthropogenically these of many While . CHAPTER 2
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use change use (Mahoney and Jackson 2013). The continued decline of the cultural the of decline continued The 2013). Jackson and (Mahoney and humans and
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but hunters themselves don’t necessarily identify
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those which include which those tional and national laws, local users of biodiversity components should be should components biodiversity of users local laws, national and tional cessful sustainable use program. Rights should be given to those who who those to given be should Rights program. use sustainable cessful
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this this interaction with respect to trophy hunting in the media, (1999) under this category: “Which factors influence the influence factors “Which category: this under (1999)
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for CEU eTD Collection which articles 301 of total a up turned search The 2005). (Antilla reporting of part important (2010) Barua as included also were agencies, reporting main the of one from not are that articles news or Newswires, sources. news US constraint to “United States” was used to limit the search to only newspapers published through Academic in which of representations human 3.3.1 Online artic in their reactionsthearticles? to present m in second tworesearch sub developItapply serves the framethem. typologies,and also thepur 3.3 Analytical methodology stre micro a represent still reason why are comments these included in this study isbecause ifthey even are present, they instiga or reactive, over distinguish them would from other statements of it opinion, since comments that may that seem simply is analysis this in included been comments should not be removed from the an elicit reactions from others. toplatform public a on somethingwrites who someonefor term a “trolls”, as to referredoften users media social experienced are who those Among platforms. discussion ngthen intellectual, theiror emotional, moral tothe article. connection This project followed a modified version of Barua’s (2010) methodology from his study This sectionthe study outlines analytical this processusedin toidentify articles, such however, study; this of limitation a as considered be could factor” “troll The
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article Animal Rights Animal ani Animal Demonization issue Information: micro the determine to used was process similar A animals Welfare Animal against Exclusivity: of information,omission orwriting style Demonization and trophy hunting particular, concepts outlines fromsustainable it and the best principlesuse practices of Information mals
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enjoy Namibia’s wilderness. I can’t believe a well a can’t believe I wilderness. Namibia’s enjoy Caroline A.E. Sorensen C : Comments analyzed Information ldlife. Few parks in Africa earn that much, and fewer spend it on conservation. Will theWill conservation. it on spend fewer much,and thatearn Africa in parks Few ldlife. -
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let alone stop it. Animals the size of rhino have to be shot correctly and quickly or the hunter is quite likely to be dead. dead. be to likely quite hunteris the quicklyor and shot correctly be to have ofrhino size Animalsit. the stop alone let
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and the local communities vital to their continued existence existence continued their vital to communities the local and , who by any standards is very well off, who belonged to a club that specialized in killing species that were on the endanger werethe on that species killing in thatclub specialized a to whowellbelonged off, is very standards any bywho ,
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s to near local extinction, and now they are back at near pest pest near at back are they now and extinction, local near sto - jerk reaction, however well however reaction, jerk s.
He used the same excuse about paying to to paying about sameexcuse usedthe He e $350,000 he paid for this tag will do farthiswill for tag do he paid $350,000 e r of prairie dogs. There ishypocrisy.no There dogs. ofprairie r ed to another preserve where it could be be it could where to preserve another ed nservation techniques, fueled by fueled techniques, nservation you will quickly learn that the rhino is therhino that willlearn you quickly d cool headed to aim effectively headed and cool d n calculations ncalculations - intentioned, and accept thefact that accept and intentioned, not be able to hunt and kill and them. hunt to able not be They have survived for Theysurvived have -
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what he needed for his cattle and goats in a arid region much like New Mexico. Wild animals had access to water and food in waterfood and to access had animals Wild muchMexico. New like region arid a goats in and cattle his for heneeded what
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an standards, then he has not deserved to to deserved not has hethen standards, an
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is concerned. Further, who are the are who Further, isconcerned. opulous countries, but it is but it countries, opulous ies. The farm workers were paid for werepaid workers farm The ies. s can be summarized by "anything "anything by summarized scanbe r, the target was to club to was the target r, r charged charged r se
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I was outraged by the rhino hunt, too. Until I read this article. This is a story withsides. two storyis a This this article. read Until I hunt, too. wastheby rhino I outraged behavior. criminal engage such in to allowed be should human No fromits eyes. gone is slowly world, in been the have that rhinos ofofthe other cow magnificent watching a rhinos, last world's oftheone want t anyone How can prison. thrownin be you would wall, the it on youkeep and it kill to had much so human a you If loved worldwide. weit maketelevise money To him. killmight theanimal the possibilitythat agreei form hunterconsent a signs The allowed. are world modernthe n fromthefashion weapons hecan allowed be only huntershould animal,the ancient hunting we an are fair,since make this To is its sport for killing be them to species endangered usthat persuade Conniff to tries Mr. hard matterhow No sense. common use heart and own is listen their to do to has All one theoff right bypoor auctioning thefor money let'sNext,raise belong to no matter how many membershas. it many matterhow no to belong Don'tif know sport. for simply kill that creatures only the whales are killer and beings that human have I read ways... strange mindsomerather in the warp can money it seems that rollers, withtoday Coupled wild. the in rhinos remaining the of handful ofa kill one to figures six Paying withperfume. you himifspray even still odiferous Ais skunk great harm do alw would who thatthose Why is it society. ofour members malevolent bloo It's notcount. does rooms helltrophy of pit straight fromthe sick, ofthoseone for head mountingan animal's no, And p valid no absolutely kil and "outsmarting" by satisfaction personal and findsjoy simultaneously that ofperversion kind very special It's a takes the there. columnright ended successfully very have you thinkcould I zombies." soulless “coldhearted, huntersare that trophy contendere, nolo accept, "Let’salso must I say
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Tanzania would do this, black rhinos are almost gone in the serengeti and only a few left in Ngorongoro. Thousands ofelephan Thousands Ngorongoro. left in few only a and serengeti inthe gone almost rhinos black are this, do would Tanzania government support or the government is so weak they know they will never be stopped. Here in the United States, wequick are States, Here in the United stopped. be will never they know weakthey isso the or government support government ly worth it. The government of Namibia should be praised for the work they are doing in wildlife conservation. Having only tw only Having wildlifeconservation. doingin work are they the for praised be should Namibia of government worthThe it. ly
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it. Saving five at the expense of one isofone fiveexpense Savingthe it. at eaches for years. In Africa, they are years.Africa, In eaches for earch for a cure? Of course not! The ends not!The Of course cure? a for earch breeding prime" with a dart gun and with gunand dart a prime" breeding s how terrible a thing it i thinga it terrible show ts killed by year, 300 in a 300 year, killedby ts o rhinos slaughtered lastyear slaughtered rhinos o
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o it again. That money won't last forever. won'tmoney last it again. That o na is touching, but the entire circle of life has been uttertly busted. The ultimate test of mankind's role on earth is to isearth on to role mankind's ultimate of test The busted. uttertly been has of life circle but theentire istouching, na m not taking pot shots from a coffee house in Portland drinking your fair trade coffee and vegan goodies, Mr. Conniff Mr. goodies, coffeevegan and fairtrade your drinking in house Portland shotsfromcoffee a pot m not taking
this if the hunt stipulated, no vehicles and one guide but so be it. If it gets benefits the species and with minimalwith loss and species the benefits Ifit. itgets be but so guide one and vehicles no stipulated, hunt the if this ch them that the laws apply to them, too? Maybe it's time to stop treating the wealthy with kid gloves and make and gloves withkid wealthy the treating stop Maybe to it's time too? them, to apply thelaws that them ch
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We Westerners are a funny lot. I read yesterday in a piece about carriage horses commentators idealizing these horses these idealizing commentators horses carriage about piece a in yesterday read I lot. funny a are Westerners We midby extinction heading be toward in species drivingat other good so are as humans, We, story. different a tells us Thecu species. other whatfor is best decide to wisdom the possess and omnipotent humans,are we,as that assumes live.That hum to according not useful heis that if argument is here The its usefulness? has that outlived rhino this who decide people flis very many" the save kill few,to a "to argument this Also, over is fish stocks threatening that is thing the only that shown have studies scientific becau is needed that bloodbath this say authorities time.Namibian day the during theon beaches s 80,000 seal annual oftheone largest to home example,for is,Namibia species. the ofits impact on regardless buck," a makes that wildl concerning history sad anextremely has that Namibia not forget Let's to Is i Is to wall? a on head hang its to just animal anold wantsshoot to really ofperson kind What late. too o figured has Namibia fromth the owner more to benefit and ofownership, sense a stewardwildlifea requires be of To does. protected and financed h Bleeding with agree theI author. "sport", for hunting of theconcept detest I While slip very It’s goals. serveloftier to inclinations basest our yoking by solved often best are problem) aneconomic itsisat root thepop w individuals problem handful of by so a off killing it does Moreover, so. doing stake in thema giving by species threatened a management of in the role takean active to populace local incentingthe This progr feel good. worldseconomically) worldaway away(and halfa makingpeople not about efficacy, about is Conservancy duty. our is It Hitler. as such menace a or rhino old an it be fits, longer no who creature sustainability the about care we if and animal, and human die, will us of All planet. the on life of whole the for husbandry crea these for avoidable is death that think to seem also We la the all own humans we because Nature, in exist don't pastures those that Except joy. just drudgery, no work, No somewhere. pery slopes, but the jerk paying $350K to kill a rhino is doing more to conserve the species than most. I’m not sure it matte it most.notI’m sure than species the moreconserve to kill rhinoisto a doing paying jerk $350K but the slopes, pery - fishing by the fishing industry. fishing thefishing by t really a hunt or just a murder? a just hunta t really or ulation. I agree that trophy hunting is onerous, but economic problems (and this (and problems but economic is onerous, hunting trophy that agree ulation. I
eal pups and 6,000 bulls. The killings take place in the wee hours of the morning, then the blood is covered up in the sand s inup the sand is covered blood morning,the then ofweethe hours in the place killingstake bulls. The 6,000 and pups eal ut how to turn these concepts into reality; more power to them, and may the practicalities of their model spread to theirnei to spread model of their may practicalities the and them, moreto power reality; into turnconcepts these utto how
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tures. We have intruded into the natural world to such an extent that we must shoulder the burden of of burden the shoulder must we that extent an such to world natural the into intruded have We tures. awed on ethical terms, especially where an endangered species is concerned. Further, who are these are who Further, isconcerned. species anendangered where especially terms, ethical on awed Caroline A.E. Sorensen
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se the seal population is threatening the fish industry, even though though even fish industry, the threatening is seal population these
as running free and happy in some pasture pasture some in happy and free running as
easy to moralize from a distance and talk of talk and fromdistance a moralize easy to hunts. Last year, the target was to club to was year, the target Last hunts. an standards, then he has not de not has hethen standards, an of our planet we must occasion must we planet our of ho are a net drag on the total fitness of fitness total the on netdrag a are ho e animal being alive than dead. alive than being animal e rrent rate at which species go extinctgo species which at rate rrent rs whether or not this is hisintention. not this is or whether rs nd. And we have use for it. for use have we And nd. am appears to be effect be to amappears o unsuspecting tourists can frolic can tourists unsuspecting o ghbors, before it is before ghbors, iveby served to to served ally kill a kill ally
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crazed American "hunters". Talk about grossno about Talk American"hunters". crazed a family home home family a . This human has nothing to lose, and something to gain. You seem to forget the sentient being at the heart of the matter whomatter ofthe heart theat being the sentient forget to seem gain. You to something and lose, to nothing has human This . t went to the family which sold some to markets in the capital and some went to the farm workers and their families. The farm families. The their and workers farmthe went to some and capital inmarkets the someto sold which family the went to t
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you will stop them by co them will stop by you uveau s animals. That's all animals.That's s Trophy Hunting in the U.S. Media - riche excess. riche truggle to live with species as treacherous as, say, the prairie dog, should really be telling should reallybe dog, prairie the say, as, astreacherous species withlive to truggle - amera to "shoot" animals and the beauty of the arid country. My partner used a bow and bow and useda country. My partner arid ofthe theanimals beauty and "shoot" to amera opting them into a system where their bloodlust, greed, and/or desperation leads them to leads to them desperation and/or greed, bloodlust, their where system intoa them opting
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some group of people,even if they are not worth their time. worth their not if are they ofpeople,even somegroup a they wantsfeel like to ofpeople typethis chance. this at jump many people theiruparguments, having back or to backlash to isreallysubstance no even if there protest, to or behind looking always are the Internet, especiallyon world, modernin the People get upsetabout. to something for lookingjust are people witho theiractionsfor Government theNamibian jump criticize were to to waspeople quick how ofrhinos word the thisbeyond a up opens ofcourse This living. continue rhinos more save to able would be money donated rescues.The need youngthat rhinos from other away is taking and isvery old a at rhinos conserved wouldn'thelp and like nonsense sounds This rhinos. of conservations to moneythe donate and rhino as kill to right the selloff wouldwhythey themost question, with as reacted, the storyI found I furtherinvestigation after myself. However, wasappalled initially storyand this on report brief recently a I hear rhinos. Whenthe US ofsurvival. instead rhinos black world the to belonging rhinos, black OUR thoseare rhinos!Because form a rhinosbe to male elderly three to rights hunting off auctioning Namibia to the find objections I Personally In the meantime, more camera carrying environmentalists would give Namibia more options and more jobs for thefor populatio human morejobs and options more Namibia give would carrying moreenvironmentalists camera meantime, Inthe g it's rate continues the at program ofthis Ifthe success well. as will increase ofpopulation growth theoverall calves survival, Howeve ego. hunter's the thaninflating whodo ofthe hunter favor much so in are whenodds the notIt's sporting really sport. for killing encourage to don't I like enough wildlife.So, its protecting in success real achieving apparently countrya that's to provides it the support bonus is ofthe actualrhino description The them. about feelings havewell, but they mean They the park. in carriages horse against people same the hunting are against rhino same people The thro either Namibia, on encroach aggressively wouldn't poachers So in extinct are rhinos when workwill system this However, efforts. ofNamibia's merits theme about convinces article This to opposition direct in and unethical It's money. ofsuch acceptance restrict to reason good There's - E.g. sources. fromdisreputable of funding acceptance forbid that standards have ethical organizations charitable Most huntingfor poachers? they licenses Do auction w firstthis that haveterritorial a that individuals belligerent typically They’re prime. males theirbreeding past older program targets "The
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whole debate of utilitarianism and how that plays into the animal kingdom. However, something I found interesting about about interesting found I something kingdom.However, animal intothe plays that how ofand utilitarianism wholedebate
can protect wolves and buffalo in opposition to ranchers and cheap beef, we can (maybe) talk to the Namibians about about the Namibians to talk (maybe) wecan beef, cheap ranchersand to in opposition buffalo wolves and canprotect
oing, there will be a need to limit the population due to territorial limitations as well. limitations as territorial to due population limit to need the willa be there oing,
it. If given a forum in which they can express their disgust about something without any type of real ofreal type without any something about disgust their canexpress they which forumin Ifit. given a
ugh bribery or other means? other or ughbribery
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of colonialism. How dare they kill off OUR black black OUR off kill they dare How ofcolonialism. ll by killing them. I later learned that this that rhino learned later I killing them. ll by th
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re making a difference and b makingand difference a re for some cause to throw their support support their throw to somecause for uth Africa? When that happens, happens, Whenthat Africa? uth no real knowledge about animals, just just animals, about knowledge real no
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On the front page, the one sentence summary of this article was. "Calm down, protesters. Namibia’s conservation policy is woris policy conservation Namibia’s protesters. down, "Calm was. article ofthis summary thesentence one front On page, the wildlif run to howtheir tellingNamibians reallybe should . . . Americans whether withstateme disagree this also I do. to thing right is the want to us of some because killing me that not persuaded have You hu are conservationists mostmany ardent the may of be, as it paradox a muchAndof as success. it's a numbers lie, don't The non territorial, a from rhinos calf and offemale po ofthe cull A strategic Namibia. done Well wescreaming? before weoff run oppose whatever view of balanced geta tryto should ofus all Maybe piece. opinion in this outlined efforts conservation rhino the black mentioned f watched I've stories news television oftheThe story. side another heard now least I've at whatbut think, to I'mnot sure Namibia wouldif nicelot a It be An economic boycott of all countries that support poaching might be in place. Stop buying "Made in China". "Made buying Stop place. in might be poaching support that countries all boycott of Aneconomic mill well ofanimal steward most responsible the been hasone refe not page, this on commentators negative the all hunters.Of of the fromtime efforts, the conservation isthatanimal but thefact its appeal, to relate can't and hunting ofI'mfanno experts like the beliefs their ecologistsespouse armchair vocal and untrained s ofsciences group other no seemsIt like that? accept just people way.cant Why inpragmatic a rhino whilethe saving money methodo saya sociologists and conservationists, Scientists, conclusion. clinical is a This isargument. no There population. subject related and wildlife of group large a Whycant one." the right gets hunter surethe make along go to wildlifeofficials w "Many Conniff out, points Mr. As zoologists. or veterinarians, behaviorists, animal fewecologists, very are there act, disgusting matter experts whatsubject ofe area their very from var are whenthey boil likea this to outraged gets whenthe public sometimes frustrated get veryI go mu “We add ifAnd they cruel. something do to about are takeit they you can sentimental,” mustn’t say be “We people Whenever click ing to make money out of it. it. money of makeout ingto ions needed to save wildlife in Africa and around the world. the around and Africawildlife in save to needed ions - bait is the standard i standard is the bait
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ildlife groups also support the program because Namibia manages it so carefully. It chooses which individual will be hunted, hunted, will be whichindividual chooses carefully.It it so manages Namibia because theprogram support groupsalso ildlife or South Africa just let the big game hunters come over and hunt the poachers. That's a win a That's poachers. hunt the and over come hunters biggame South the let just Africaor Brigid Brophy (1929 Brigid - breeding bull. breeding - being in Africa. Until a commentator comes up with a better model they should identify how they plan to raise theraise to plan they how identify should modelthey withbetter a comesup commentator a Until Africa. in being
experts have their findings respected and trusted? The male rhino is destructive to an already fragile fragile an already to male is destructive rhino The trusted? and findings respected their have experts – 1995) Trophy Hunting in the U.S. Media
renced their own $350,000 contribution toward animal conservation in Africa. Namibia has has Namibia Africa. in conservation animal contributiontoward $350,000 theirown renced -
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It would be good to hear from a professional wildlife professional a fromhear to would good It be blood withthe haveproblem just a I Troph it. spin wayyoutryand what matter endangered kill to an moneybig pay to wrongmessage sends the It wantsconserve. to whatone thatkills one find I it absurd survive might but some poachers to exposed be they'dprobably Ifthere'sa these So self butbackwards. going support political strong communities fishing and was hunting the it years 50 though past the wildlifein t to harmful an withGOP side seenthem yearshas lastten sadly,the but, conservation issues to dedicated very are hunters Many species. the However, the room. outbid and theseauctions attend freeto are hunters Non killing everything around everything killing themost are self people But say could You awareness. self muchhave doesn't goingand on what'sknow soldier a pitching it'slike hunt whenpeople But hunt. earth on creatures of lot hunt, a to idea horrible most not theIt's self for purely kill to something chance a safari.Have If thepasture. lot for "fishing" to moreakin It's absent. completely are it'sdangerous) it; it'schallenging; eat goingto (I'm justifications the Justblood for why it? do in killingrhino, black a "sport" author' The high witha animal ancient anshoot to "manly" Howis it speaking.... but practically all, at thing trophy I efforts? conservation further enables that money make not why then cull would anyway) to need (thatthey theIfcase that's itdo to us." for us$350,000 hunterpay manynon in happens deathsofreproducing avoid anywayto culled be to have would that animals identifying are they the article, understand If I
surplus of rhinos in Namibia, why not ship some of them to countries like Angola and Mozambique whose wildlife was decimated waswildlife decimated whose Mozambique and Angola like countries ofto them not shipwhysome Namibia, in ofrhinos surplus s points are largely correct fromcost a correct largely sare points he preservation of hunting grounds and habitat. What they give privately for such efforts pales in comparison to whatgovernm to incomparison pales suchfor efforts privately givethey What habitat. and grounds hunting of hepreservation - appointed experts will decide which helpless animal gets killed to suit their perverted logic and idea of "nice". Arrogance i of"nice". idea and logic perverted suit to their killed gets whichanimal helpless will decide experts appointed tery winner was a true conservationist, he'd donate his $350,000, go to Africa, and come home with some awesome pictures from pictures withsomehome awesome come to go and Africa, his $350,000, donate he'd trueconservationist, a was winner tery -
endangered managed herds the world over. So essentially they ar essentially So they over. world the herds managed endangered
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- worshiping species with crazy ideas about what "rights" we all should have, and at the same time have no problem with problem no havethe at same time have,weand should all what"rights" with about ideas crazy species worshiping y hunting is murder for sport, simple, no two ways about it. waysabout simple,twono sport, for murder y is hunting
- benefit analysis. But as a long a as But analysis. benefit manager manager - aggrandizement and pass it up? That would be worthwould braggi be That it up? pass and aggrandizement - powered rifle for sport? Someone, please reply and explain this to me, perhaps I'm missingsomething. me,I'm perhaps to this reply explain and please Someone, sport? for rifle powered - lust of killing? For bragging rights? N bragging rights? For killing? lust of - -
which is more than one can say for the poor beas thefor poor say can one than more iswhich Caroline A.E. Sorensen - it is very unfair, taking pride in winning over something helpless. something winningin over taking pride unfair, very it is
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- time hunter and conservationist, here's what I don't understand: if there's no there's if understand: don't what I here's conservationist, and hunter time
e saying "we can either go out and cull this animal ourselves, or we a canlet or ourselves, cullanimal this out go and either can "we saying e
either of these is sufficient reason to kill an animal. The usual The ananimal. kill to reason sufficient is ofeitherthese
that supported such efforts and that effort is not only eroding not is effort that and suchefforts thatsupported t whose head will end up on a sportsman's wall. willsportsman's a onup end whosehead t ngabout.
goldfish in a bowl. Or blasting a cow in the cowin a blasting Or goldfishinbowl. a against a baby in a fight fight a in against baby a females and of calves. The same thing The ofcalves. females and
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see the cash that can be raised by selling some trophy hunting permits. If humans were better than w than were better humans If permits. hunting sometrophy sellingby raised canbe that thesee cash appre to able be weto need Sometimes market. theon black salefor of cut tusks withtheir pain with wrenched emotional yourgut the safari, across spread tragedies finding continually you up end and alone education just in It Africa. do to isdifficult this alone, moral arguments and education animals through save and prevent poaching to to how realityabout the us as itshows this article, appreciate I le like of Sort ofincome. source their poachers marketdenying and black the horns,undercutting their harvesting rhinosand caughtprosecuted. and willbe Poachers protected. will be they and moneythat around Spread them. bucksshoot to spe do How extinct. go fact the on it isbased utilization, sustainable Called go. manywildlifetourists where so Africa heresy East in considered poachers the condemns usual that type ofthe mainstreampublication airinga in widespread geta finally thinking thissee of to kind good isso It country enjoys some form of conservation protection protection conservation form of some countryenjoys al nowcontrol conservancies Community worked. it has And neighbors. from the stealing feel killing like illegal the "The wildlife. and people it benefitsee both to and successfully wonderfully It's in the outcome. stake real a everyoneinvolved givingby enterprises, failing for do business does and could re as itisabout hunting the and hunters the muchabout so storyisn't this of me, point striking For the worth is worldfirst opinion privileged you our then If can't, theseanimals. of care willtaking be actually like Seems morerhinoscherish. to lot I'll a and have good, the takeI'll rhinopopulation). Nambia'sp work. not Ins does killing" the stopping "just that seems It clear the article. not read did commenters most the of It's like theanimals about reallycared hunters theOf rich course, old. that's one rhino,even a murder to need No straight out? $350,000 the notdonate simply Why the find to continuing and an oftaking whatinstead works do yet, let's good so not that are humans animals, sadly but endangered magnificent, poaching ciate the paradox of saving many, many animals through the sacrifice of a few. In impoverished areas, you can turn poachers i poachers youturn can areas, few.Inimpoverished ofa sacrifice the through manyanimals many,ofsaving the paradox ciate ory behind the conservancy idea was that tolerance for wildlife would increase and poaching would dwindle, because community community because dwindle, would poaching and increase wildlifewould for wastolerance that idea conservancy the orybehind olicy is a huge success story success hugea olicyis there's the rebuttal that no amount of outrage will overcome: conservation costs money. Show us the money, and provide a livea provide money,and usmoney. the Show costs conservation willovercome: outrage of thatamount no rebuttal the there's
cies like the rhino (or the elephant) make money? Partly by tourists taking their pictures. But also by a limited number ofh number by limited a also But pictures. taking their Partlymoney? tourists by make the elephant) (or therhino cies like - - framing how people think about their assets. The community conservancy idea does for wildlife management wha wildlifemanagement for does idea conservancy community assets. The think their about people how framing
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poverty, international cultural beliefs, etc. Those are critical pieces in this puzzle also, not just the moral threads threads moral the not just also, incritical puzzle this pieces are Those etc. beliefs, cultural international poverty, rly. In the end, the utility cost of slaughtering a past mature male Rhino is close to negligible. Even an Even negligible. to close maleis Rhino mature past a slaughtering utility of cost the end, Inthe rly. s westerns and our particular values. particular our westernsand s --
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osed to do. Oh and I don't hunt and don't own guns. guns. own don't and hunt don't I and Oh do. to osed - ain, Killing purely for sport is barbaric. What more needs to be said? be to needs more What barbaric. is sport for purely Killing ain,
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f the Bear. Of course being snuck up on is no fun, but it is amusing when it happens to humans. There isa humans.There to happens whenit isbut itamusing fun, no isonup snuck Ofbeing course Bear. f the Caroline A.E. Sorensen wannabees with inferiority issues. withinferiority wannabees - - of in trophy hunters). introphy - country fees to kill that bear, so little or no money went into the local economy, or to the to or economy, local wentmoneythe into no littleor so thatbear, feeskill to country - -
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too much money and little in the way of empathy. The McAllister survey found that about 90% ofthe 90% about that found survey McAllister wayThe ofempathy. in the little much and money too Caroline A.E. Sorensen
their culture) (2) They breed back and eat people. Yup. They are the top carnivore and if and carnivore thetop They Yup. are people. eat and back They(2) breed theirculture)
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earn the right to shoot the bear by evading and killing a special forces SWAT team who stake out their house and workplace, a workplace, and house out their teamstake who SWAT forces special a killing and by evading thebear shoot theearn to right Letdoubt it. to thempay but I so, hope I high theirexpensive, hunters these "trophy" Perhaps planet. this on humanoids many too WAY are There resources. shou humans we maybe but you, remind to Hate by humans. 60,000 and by374 lightning, tornadoes, bla one Americ in North bears black about are 750,000 There bears. respect and people Fear muchbears! than moreare dangerous people grizzly 1 but only murder commits out16,000 of person 1 attack) bear attack(45 bear a attackthan fromdog a die to moretimes10 likely are You a bear) to black times compared morelikely (120 likelyto more times 12 are You the following: shouldconsider we them people eat kill and bears you that logic we follow If and the bears will still be alive! be still will bears the and more in brings watching bear that states it article the in Also bears? dead the for habitat the Preserve sense! no makes This take should they things, such emotionalabout get too Animalactivists rights habitat. h will revenue hunt,this and to licence the have to fortune small a pay hunters trophy withThe this. wrongisnothing There cruel isnotonly sport for species threatened the Shooting bears. theeatenby remaining be should ilk cretinsof Stoner's despicable 145 that isshot, every bear For hoo the all when ima the had I good! Very cat. the shooting and fridge the behind hiding as sporting as was sadi, he m hunt lion organised The vegan. as s would be hunters real Most keywhatAyoupoint. kill. eat to youprepared are unless hunting oppose hunterspolled they th shooting fridgeand thebehind hiding wasas as sporting sadi, Yes un ridiculously on animal innocent an who's killing makeyoudick a rather does and huntwant yougo to think I if criminal. made activity this have and this stop to way possible best the is population) general the (of education menta of indicative (literally sick is fun for animals Killing halfthei requirementa that With makespear. a twinecan they so some and blade single knife a them wouldgive and kind I be -
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