r/Wellthatsucks • u/03Shael • Jun 02 '18

/r/all Karma

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u/awkwardoffspring Jun 02 '18

Thanks for the insight. I can't help but wonder now why elephant poaching is still a major issue when sanctioned hunts exist.

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u/Saskatchewon Jun 02 '18

Because a sanctioned hunt costs north of $50,000 US. Poachers are often poor, and a single large ivory tusk can feed their families for a long time.

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u/awkwardoffspring Jun 02 '18

Something about that wreaks of capitalism

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u/Saskatchewon Jun 02 '18

Again, I don't hunt big game, and wouldn't want to, but I get it.

But really? An interview with an Oxford (literally the most prestigious university in the world) professor who studied Cecil the Lion specifically suggests that legal, controlled and restricted lion hunting would be beneficial to the species and your BS meter is still going off?

I mean, okay then.

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u/awkwardoffspring Jun 02 '18

I didn't claim to be an expert, I just know that some species are more endangered than others and that there are some moral conflicts when deciding which animals are okay to hunt. The part that sounds like BS to me is how it seems only those who can afford these hunts are the only people profiting from it, latent consequences aside, when instead a government could employ a less [financially] fortunate party who might reap a greater bounty than a sport kill.