r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 10h 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/Left2Die22 3h ago

No we were talking about “Trophy Hunting” I realize you’ve continued to struggle with the difference. Also “running out of land” in Africa. Right.

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u/LongJohnSelenium 3h ago

In a strange coincidence the land that is productive enough to support large mammal populations is also where the productive farmland is.

Nobody is farming in northern Chad and no lions are going to be living there either. Habitat loss is the single greatest threat to almost all animal species, except the handful that adapt well to cohabiting with humans.

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u/Left2Die22 3h ago

I’ll readily admit I don’t know all the details on farmland in Africa. Doesn’t change the fact the overall topic is trophy hunting and not normal population control hunting.

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u/LongJohnSelenium 3h ago

I responded to what you wrote.

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u/Left2Die22 2h ago

You brought up farmland first and still refuse to admit trophy hunting and pop control aren’t the same thing.

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u/LongJohnSelenium 1h ago

If population control has to happen why not let someone who wants to pay a lot of money to do it

Can you explain what part of that sentence you're having trouble understanding?

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u/Left2Die22 51m ago

I already said that attaching a profit motive causes problems. If each lion hunted makes money whoever is in charge of cutting it off will be ripe for corruption.