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Reply to "Game Hunter Ian Gibson Trampled To Death By Elephant"

 
Originally Posted by Bestworking:

How did the villagers eat before the 'kill for sport' crowd came along? Isn't killing one species to protect another tampering with nature?

 

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Hey Best,

 

I imagine the African villagers have  had their own methods of harvesting game, but here's a Native American method called The Buffalo Jump

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_jump

 

Killing one species to protect another has been going on as long as there have been lambs and lions or more recently here in Alabama, coyotes and goats.

 

Not saying this was exactly the case here, but permits/licenses cost mucho $$  Often times safaris target management approved old bulls which have outlived their ability to reproduce.  Their tusks, ivory, horn are harvested to keep them off the illegal market, the locals get meat, and the national wildlife managers make money to protect the same as well as other species.  Often times, it means hiring a paramilitary outfit to engage poachers.  It's a business, a well managed one.

 

Other times, it's just a matter of thinning the herds, part of wildlife management practices recognized worldwide.  Alabama is no different.

 

You ready to try some smoked feral hog?

 


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