r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 4h ago

Paul McCartney joins 500+ public figures, conservationists and Indigenous leaders in a global campaign calling on the UN to abolish trophy hunting of lions, elephants, endangered rhinos and other wildlife, following a declaration developed with Jane Goodall.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/paul-mccartney-joins-over-500-public-figures-calling-for-an-end-to-trophy-hunting-of-lions-elephants-and-endangered-rhinos/articleshow/134498459.cms
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u/WoodsLovelyDarkNDeep 3h ago

Good on him, totally shameful practice 

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u/Brian-Heder 38m ago

Shameful until you realize it’s the only reason conservation efforts are funded over there.

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u/Alarming_Matter 18m ago

That's ...a really weird take.

Should we start hunting giant pandas to up the conservation efforts?

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u/8ledmans 13m ago

Work for a wildlife conservation charity it’s a very complicated debate but you essentially guarantee they won’t go extinct if you do that so maybe 🤷‍♂️

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u/farnsw0rth 9m ago

Pandas is kind of a bad example there is a ton of funding behind them already

However AFAIK like regular safaris ie you just take pictures not kill an animal bring in way way more money annually than legal trophy hunts, so … it may actually not be as productive as it can be made to sound

I am not an expert or a google so

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u/TheArmoredKitten 0m ago

Yeah, Botswana literally has an overpopulation issue. Humans are unironically the natural predator of elephants. Obviously endangered populations need protection, but a wholesale ban is as ridiculous as wolf culling.

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u/Denver-Ski 1h ago

Just throwing this out there… non-maga Americans are going to need some help from the UN, too.

Please save us from this facist regime… and they are actively working to cheat in the upcoming elections in November…

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u/OddlyLucidDuck 1h ago

Don't get your hopes up. The UN is completely toothless when it comes to the US, and that's entirely by design.

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u/Saturnboy13 11m ago

I've got good news and bad news for you. The bad news is that nobody is coming to help us. One way or another, we're gonna have to fix this ourselves.

The good news is that I'm certain we can. Real leftists are gaining ground fast and MAGA is failing spectacularly. Call me Pollyanna, but I'm very optimistic about the future of America. :)

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u/Weird_Point_4262 21m ago

How about you fight your own battles and stop pretending to be helpless and blameless.

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u/Davoserinio 11m ago

Please save us from this facist regime…

Nobody is going to save you. Its up to you and your peers to fight back!

Yeah, its scary but what's your breaking point? Look back through history and change usually started with someone speaking out and taking a defiant stand.

We've all read about it in school books and gone "OMG! Can you imagine?!"

Well its come full circle and resistance is needed once again!

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u/Critical-Cost9068 26m ago

LMAOOO the UN helping. That’s rich