Trump Lifts Ban on Importing Elephant Trophies

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And the Elephant Project tweeted;

“100 elephants a day are already killed,” the group said. “This will lead to more poaching.”

What a bunch of ignorant dolts!
 
after five hunting trips to Africa I have never wanted to shoot a elephant or a lion, that being said. mini wars, poaching and droughts have led to the decline of a lot of wildlife in Africa. hunting has saved many species by putting a value(monitary) on them more than just horns-hides and meat, that gives the natives-villages a income and if managed right it will keep coming in. if not managed the animals will by killed any way, by hungry-greedy people and be all gone in a generation or two. eastbank.
 
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No, the ignorant mob lost.

This was one of the worst in a series of really bad ideas in America recently. If you want elephants to be completely wiped out in Africa then I guess it's a good plan, personally I don't.
 
Zimbabwe used to have a plan (maybe they still do) that had villagers hold off on killing a marauding elephant that was destroying huts, gardens, bomas, etc. A foreign hunter would come, pay a huge fee, and kill the elephant. This money was partially distributed to the village and more than made up for the damages plus paid for water wells, school facilities, etc.

The elephant would be killed either way. If the villagers killed it, they would get the meat and have to repair everything themselves with no remuneration. If the foreign hunter kills it, the villagers still get the meat but get a higher standard of living from the currency brought in by the foreign hunter.
The only way this system works is for the hunter being able to legally import the ivory (if any) to his home country.

Sorry Browningguy but you don't know the full story .. just knee-jerk reaction.
 
No, the ignorant mob lost.

This was one of the worst in a series of really bad ideas in America recently. If you want elephants to be completely wiped out in Africa then I guess it's a good plan, personally I don't.
What are you talking about???
 
No, the ignorant mob lost.

This was one of the worst in a series of really bad ideas in America recently. If you want elephants to be completely wiped out in Africa then I guess it's a good plan, personally I don't.

I don't think you've done much research on this topic.....takes 5 minutes to read the real benefit of controlled hunts.
 
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