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Hunting safari
jaggernaut
#11 Posted : Friday, January 03, 2014 12:28:24 PM
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Chifuti Safaris....This is unacceptable....morally wrong....

seppuku
#12 Posted : Friday, January 03, 2014 3:36:46 PM
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jaggernaut wrote:
Muriel wrote:
Hunting for sport or food is academically part of wildlife management. Nevertheless, questions have been and still are being asked about it.

In nature, predators go for the weaker, sick, less fit members of the population thus increasing the overall fitness of the population. Trophy hunters on the other hand are most likely to go for the dominant/fittest members eg biggest jumbo, dominant buffalo, lion with biggest mane etc of that pop thus reducing it's overall fitness, and also disrupting the group's social structure. Thus hunting as a wildlife management option is detrimental to population genetics and conservation.


Hmm, interesting perspective. Quite convincing too.

I have to admit that I am having problems forming a well-reasoned opinion on this matter though. Where is the problem? Killing wild animals in general or killing them for fun? Is it okay to kill them for food, for instance? We do that to domestic animals all the time, don't we? And in some ways killing for food is a lot like killing for fun. It is not inconceivable that what pleasure one hunter derives from hanging a lion's head in his hallway is comparable to the pleasure another hunter experiences by eating buffalo. Is one hunter more evil than the other?
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jaggernaut
#13 Posted : Friday, January 03, 2014 5:19:30 PM
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Isn't it ironical that we are spending millions conserving the 'endangered' rhino and elephant while down in SA and Zimbabwe hunters are having a field day?
Muriel
#14 Posted : Friday, January 03, 2014 6:35:18 PM
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jaggernaut wrote:
Isn't it ironical that we are spending millions conserving the 'endangered' rhino and elephant while down in SA and Zimbabwe hunters are having a field day?

yes its very ironical. And awkward too.

They will tell you not to criticize them for the tremendous success of their 'superior' wildlife management skills.

And add what Seppuku is saying and we place ourselves nicely between a rock and a hard place and our mouths are effectively zipped.

This is when the tree huggers can swoop in to save the day. Yes! being a vegetarian tree hugger puts one on a high pedestal, kind of a legitimate 'holier than thou' of sorts.

If only they were not so hopelessly outnumbered!
Muheani
#15 Posted : Saturday, January 04, 2014 11:33:36 AM
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kysse wrote:
I am yet to get to that point where I 'feeeeeel' for 'some' wild animals.
I don't like people who kill indiscriminately either,makes me wonder what satisfaction they derive from killing the wild.

ok if you really wanna kill a wild thing, why not go for hyenas,snakes,gorillas or caterpillars and spare the less nauseating ones to watch?

Climb Everest if you want a thrill.




Am on the side of natural conservation. Except for spiders, roaches, rats and snakes.........


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