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Originally Posted by Nanners52674
I'm just curious what kind of money this big game hunting costs.
I mean flights alone are thousands of dollars.
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I just read someone's post elsewhere (I don't know who the quote is attributed to) stating:
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Licenses to hunt exotic animals in Africa can cost upwards of $350,000. Much of the proceeds go back into the local community to incentivize land-owners to raise and protect the next generation of brood, which paradoxically increases the wildlife population. Know what doesn't help increase wildlife populations in Africa? Bitching about it on Facebook. I don't see anyone else offering to pony $350,000 to save an animal's life. Your petition signatures are worth nothing. Until Lions learn how to breed with your righteous indignation and e-petitions, you're wasting your energy. Harsh truth time: conservation costs money, and if you're not willing to pay, you're not saving anything.
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Yikes, $350,000 is a lot of money for a permit.
Her explanation of "conservation" makes a lot more sense now. I guess that huge money is an incentive for the land-owners to keep the animal population stable. So, if I'm understanding correctly, the concept is, "I'll give you a lot of money to keep the animal population stable. In return, you'll let me shoot a few."
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Originally Posted by 33girl
That's because people are too confused about the Middle East and don't know if it's good or bad that those people have been beheaded. Everyone pretty much does know though that shooting endangered species = bad.
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I thought that most people understood that ISIS and Al Queda = bad guys. But, if you're saying that Americans are perhaps a bit ignorant about current events and don't "get it", I'll agree with you on that.
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