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| 16/10/08 06:11 AM |
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Re: Ivory sales
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SafariHunt. . .
Do you think the sale of ivory and it's export will have an impact as far as increased poaching/smuggling?
I'm about the farthest thing from a preservationist that you can get. I've traveled out of my home state twice to hunt, but have read extensively, and believe wholeheartedly that sustainable trophy hunting is THE way to protect animals. Trophy hunting brings revenue, creates a "value" for animals, and creates jobs. Look at the rhino. . . if there wasn't an interest for hunters to hunt rhino, then they would probably only exist in closely guarded preserves. But as it is, as I understand, many ranches have introduced rhino, and fervently protect them because of the huge prices they bring from hunters.
I would much rather hear that SA has opened up cheaper elephant hunts than started culling, but I understand that if they have to cull in the park, they have to do it.
Just wondered what the smuggling/poaching implications were for this move
Thanks
Bake
No, dont shoot the poor animals, they are at the edge of extinction.
That is what all (almost) people would say if they heard its allowed to shoot any african animal.
If in an reservat they would probably scream murder. I think the last ten friends i spoken with about hunting in africa thinks that one is not allowed to shoot any elephant anyware, they are not hunters offcourse.
It doesent matter if hunting preserves animals as long as the common human doesent understand hunting. Eweryone is used to by their meat in the store. It is time hunters all around the wourld started to educate people how hunting is performed and all the good thing it does to the wild animals. Their hearts bleed for the moose but they are not concerned about the farm pig that is bread in captivity and killed in captivity only living as potential food.