Elephant Hunting

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Elephant Hunting

1UOM_UEM
lokakuu 9, 2020, 9:43 pm

Why do people do it?

2John5918
Muokkaaja: lokakuu 10, 2020, 5:45 am

I would say that the people who actually pull the trigger in the vast majority of cases, whether on elephants, rhino or any other large animals, usually do so because they are impoverished with very limited opportunities, and this seems to them like a way for them and their families to survive. That's why conservation projects which help the local community to earn a living from protecting the wildlife are so important. For me the "why do people do it" question should refer to the people who buy the products of the slaughter of elephants and other wildlife, eg ivory, rhino horn, etc.

Of course there are a handful of idiots who pay a lot of money to go and shoot an elephant, lion or some other beautiful and endangered creature, and again one can ask why they do it. I don't know how anyone who has had the privilege of seeing wildlife close up in the wild could want to kill it for sport.

Having said all that, I'm not really sure why you chose the "Readers Over Sixty" group to post this topic. But anyway, it's a valid topic for people of any age.

Edited to add: Not elephants, but there are plenty of elephants in the Maasai Mara which could be injured by snares.

Maasai Mara wildlife targeted by bush meat traps (Nation)

Three lions, four hyenas and an eland were found killed by deadly bush meat snares at Ol Chorro Conservancy near the Mara River in Narok West Sub-County on Monday evening. A joint effort by rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Enoonkishu, Ol Chorro, Lemek and Mara North conservancies is sweeping a larger area for snares and will be conducting a full investigation into the matter...

3Tess_W
Muokkaaja: lokakuu 11, 2020, 1:14 am

Could be the same reason why people with no library, no bio, and no posts start off the wall discussions?

4Tess_W
Muokkaaja: lokakuu 11, 2020, 1:13 am

Viestin kirjoittaja on poistanut viestin.

5John5918
lokakuu 11, 2020, 4:27 am

>3 Tess_W:

Yes, that thought did occur to me, but I'm interested in wildlife conservation, so I thought, what the hell, and jumped in with a response.

6Tess_W
lokakuu 11, 2020, 10:19 am

>5 John5918: I'm with ya, John!