Most people who are against trophy hunting are ignorant idiots manipulated by visual media.
Don't have to go philosophical at all. Trophy hunting in Africa currently is largely responsible for species conservation efforts. Ridiculous $$ have been raised, replenishing budgets of nature parks and keeping poachers at bay.
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ah, so rich people pay a lot of money so they can hunt an animal and the people there use that money to save the other animals? didnt know that.
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Yes precisely. Just like most journalism, reams of ink have been spilled without informing outrage mobs of this basic fact. Without modern trophy hunting, I doubt if several species in Africa would even remain.
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wouldnt surprise me. as for the journo class it has essentially become a blackmailing mob, constantly trying to emotionally blackmail the average joe over dumb stuff they know shit or little about. 'raising awareness' they call it.
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Yeah and for trophy hunting it's become a huge menace. Remember 'Cecil the Lion'?
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yes, I do. it was a huge story
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People pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to hunt ONE lion, which pays for an entire staff for many months at a time keeping poachers away. Simply deterring hunting by a few people per year can be devastating.
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just read the wikipedia article. cecile effect they call it lol. but I understand your point, makes sense.
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lol, not really related but this was really funnyhttps://twitter.com/JournalistsLike/status/1011680508546187265 …
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