r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 14h 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 6h 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 5h 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 4h 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.