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What do feckless hunters get out of killing a Lion? A sense of accomplishment? What accomplishment is there? It's not exactly as if they fought off a Lion with their bear hands. They're using weapons to kill an animal that they're not planning on eating.
Imagine if there were a Lion Donald Trump. (He's already got the mane, and he's got the lyin part down too) He might say "America... they're not sending their best. They're sending their trophy hunters. Their careless dentists. And some, I assume are good people. We need to build a wall!" (That fence sadly didn't help poor Cecil)
Of course there is no Lion Donald Trump (and honestly it's good that there isn't, because the world can barely handle one of him), and there's nobody that's going to do anything to stop the next impotent person from going over there and killing yet another of these majestic creatures.
"Oh, but hunters donate lot's of money to conservation!" they say. Sure, some of that money goes toward conservation (though only 2-3% I think). But by killing a Lion, you also put the other lions in their pride at risk from attack. Male Lions do NOT generally want to raise another Lions' cubs. They want to start their own families. So it's not just one license, one lion. It's one license, one dead adult lion -- and potentially many more.
For some reason just seeing these creatures aren't enough for some people. They have to be able to kill them. Unfortunately that means future generations may not get to see them. At least not in anything other than books and movies. Lions are currently considered a vulnerable species. And there are many other species that are vulnerable or endangered that are hurt by trophy hunting and especially by poaching. The only shooting that should be done to these animals are with a camera.
What do feckless hunters get out of killing a Lion? A sense of accomplishment? What accomplishment is there? It's not exactly as if they fought off a Lion with their bear hands. They're using weapons to kill an animal that they're not planning on eating.
Imagine if there were a Lion Donald Trump. (He's already got the mane, and he's got the lyin part down too) He might say "America... they're not sending their best. They're sending their trophy hunters. Their careless dentists. And some, I assume are good people. We need to build a wall!" (That fence sadly didn't help poor Cecil)
Of course there is no Lion Donald Trump (and honestly it's good that there isn't, because the world can barely handle one of him), and there's nobody that's going to do anything to stop the next impotent person from going over there and killing yet another of these majestic creatures.
"Oh, but hunters donate lot's of money to conservation!" they say. Sure, some of that money goes toward conservation (though only 2-3% I think). But by killing a Lion, you also put the other lions in their pride at risk from attack. Male Lions do NOT generally want to raise another Lions' cubs. They want to start their own families. So it's not just one license, one lion. It's one license, one dead adult lion -- and potentially many more.
For some reason just seeing these creatures aren't enough for some people. They have to be able to kill them. Unfortunately that means future generations may not get to see them. At least not in anything other than books and movies. Lions are currently considered a vulnerable species. And there are many other species that are vulnerable or endangered that are hurt by trophy hunting and especially by poaching. The only shooting that should be done to these animals are with a camera.
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