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Millionaire big game hunter gored to death in ambush by "Black Death" buffalo
(www.irishstar.com)
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Hot take, I'll offer an alternative perspective. Obviously, poaching is one of the most disgusting crimes. Sourcing animal parts for folk remedies is reprehensible.
Responsibly managed hunting generates a ton of money, some of which which gets invested into the local community and into conservation efforts.
The key word here is responsible. If a land manager shared wealth in an equitable fashion with the locals, and demonstrates careful management of animal herds by close monitoring of populations, that's responsibility. I wouldn't want to hunt on lands owned by, say, a literal nazi in South Africa. But, unfortunately, as long as we live under capitalism, I have a hard time imagining a different way to encourage the world to preserve our natural resources.
I don't disagree but I also think it's fair game for the hunted to win. That should be part of the point of big game hunting, it's fucking dangerous and tbh it's a little satisfying as a poor when the buffalo beats the millionaire in a battle to the death the millionaire started
I honestly thought it was, I guess I can still have too high expectations of people. If they're not even seeking the adrenaline rush from the danger, it's like extra mega ultra omega level of pathetic instead of just extremely pathetic
The need for managed culls is partially driven by the displacement of predators and other disruption from human activity but ok
True in many cases but not all, and the people managing these populations are almost never directly responsible for the problem. For example the species I now help manage in my country were introduced generations before my birth. Same for the overwhelming majority of the land clearing, it was done before even my parents existed.
I can't change history, but I can take some responsibility for mitigating the damage of those who came before me.
Well yeah I said partially
It's less about managed culls and more about raising funds for conservation.