Art Eatman
Staff in Memoriam
Granted that H&Hhunter focuses on elephants, but high odds are that it applies to lions as well.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=189864
If a wild animal has a monetary value to the local populace, they will act to protect it. If it has no value to them, they won't--and in Africa, the no-value aspect has led to unrestrained poaching. Where the high license fee money is split with the locals, protection exists and species remain healthy.
That holds true for game animals everywhere. No legally huntable animal in the US is endangered or even threatened. And it is from hunters' funding that we have more whitetail deer and turkey today than when the first Europeans arrived.
What I like or don't like is irrelevant to the reality of human nature and money.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=189864
If a wild animal has a monetary value to the local populace, they will act to protect it. If it has no value to them, they won't--and in Africa, the no-value aspect has led to unrestrained poaching. Where the high license fee money is split with the locals, protection exists and species remain healthy.
That holds true for game animals everywhere. No legally huntable animal in the US is endangered or even threatened. And it is from hunters' funding that we have more whitetail deer and turkey today than when the first Europeans arrived.
What I like or don't like is irrelevant to the reality of human nature and money.