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Hunting club raises money to save black rhino... by hunting a black rhino
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Hunting club raises money to save black rhino... by hunting a black rhino
A Texas hunting club hopes to raise money to save the black rhino... by auctioning off a permit to hunt a black rhino. That's right, let's save the animals by hunting them.

http://news.yahoo.com/texas-hunters-sell...44084.html

It actually kind of makes sense, in a way:

Quote:Van Norman said Namibia has determined that older black rhino males that have already produced offspring and are in reproductive decline are the best targets for hunting.

"Black rhinos are very territorial so you will have an older male that is keeping younger males from reproducing," he explained.

"By removing these older males from the population, you get an increase in the production of calves. Younger males are able to impregnate the females that are in that area so you get more offspring than from some of these older males."
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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RE: Hunting club raises money to save black rhino... by hunting a black rhino
Let's just hope that hunting club doesn't raise money for hungry children. Could...be.....disastrous.
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RE: Hunting club raises money to save black rhino... by hunting a black rhino
Quote:"Black rhinos are very territorial so you will have an older male that is keeping younger males from reproducing," he explained.


Err..... who is going to walk up to a black rhino....I wonder if there is any significance to it being a "black" rhino in Texas?....and ask for its birth certificate?
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RE: Hunting club raises money to save black rhino... by hunting a black rhino
(October 25, 2013 at 4:47 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: It actually kind of makes sense, in a way:

Quote:"By removing these older males from the population, you get an increase in the production of calves. Younger males are able to impregnate the females that are in that area so you get more offspring than from some of these older males."

Yes it does.

If it is the truth.
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RE: Hunting club raises money to save black rhino... by hunting a black rhino
(October 25, 2013 at 5:00 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
Quote:"Black rhinos are very territorial so you will have an older male that is keeping younger males from reproducing," he explained.


Err..... who is going to walk up to a black rhino....I wonder if there is any significance to it being a "black" rhino in Texas?....and ask for its birth certificate?

I would imagine that it's done similarly to how you determine if a moose has a legal rack before you shoot it, or how you measure a fish before spearing it: Very carefully.

Also - when hunting dangerous game in many places in Africa, you are required to hire a licensed guide who is responsible for identifying animals that are legal to harvest. I have no idea whether this is the case in Namibia.

I'm a bit surprised that they allow harvest of black rhino at all - but given the rationale, it does make sense.
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RE: Hunting club raises money to save black rhino... by hunting a black rhino
(October 25, 2013 at 6:36 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Also - when hunting dangerous game in many places in Africa, you are required to hire a licensed guide who is responsible for identifying animals that are legal to harvest. I have no idea whether this is the case in Namibia.

I think the article stated that all black rhino hunts are conducted with guides and under the watch of wildlife officials.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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RE: Hunting club raises money to save black rhino... by hunting a black rhino
(October 25, 2013 at 5:00 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Err..... who is going to walk up to a black rhino....I wonder if there is any significance to it being a "black" rhino in Texas?....and ask for its birth certificate?
Bitch, you don't ask a Texan for ANYTHING unless you want your ass shot off. Even our rhinos are armed with semiautomatics (and often pass out and leave them for baby rhinos to play with).

*thumps chest and growls*

ow. cough.
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RE: Hunting club raises money to save black rhino... by hunting a black rhino
Got it, Zaz.

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RE: Hunting club raises money to save black rhino... by hunting a black rhino
(October 25, 2013 at 11:39 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Got it, Zaz.

Can I adopt the one to the far right? She is the only one that looks happy, despite holding heavier pistols.
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RE: Hunting club raises money to save black rhino... by hunting a black rhino
(October 26, 2013 at 12:07 am)cato123 Wrote:
(October 25, 2013 at 11:39 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Got it, Zaz.

Can I adopt the one to the far right? She is the only one that looks happy, despite holding heavier pistols.

She ought not point it at her fucking sister's head, for fucks sake. Stupid, stupid, stupid parents.
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