It is rare that I read something like this. TBH it got me choked up knowing that some still know the truth. Africa is such an amazing example of the benefits of hunting. Sadly it is also the one I here many people say is so terrible for being hunted. Elephants in particular. Most people I talk to think it is very evil to hunt elephants. It is frustrating so it was good to read this article!
That's because hunters understand the importance of CONservation, which includes intelligent population management. As opposed to simple PREservation, which takes a simple "lock it up and throw away the key" approach.
Human populations are expanding, and will continue to do so. This will only increase conflicts with large animals. Bear problems, anyone? Only by properly managing populations can we avoid an all out 'war' with other species. Nobody wants that. The hardest part is convincing the anti-hunters of this...
And if you won’t be reasonable about anything, you can’t blame anyone else for not treating you like a reasonable person.
Just like the article says, everyone with no "on the ground" experience in Africa is telling Africa what to do - and based on emotions and little information. Most have a vastly different idea what Africa, big game in Africa, and the culture etc are like. They have no idea about pretty much everything mentioned in this article. They are completely misinformed and do not know it.
Most frustrating is what they think needs to be done is, for the most part, the complete opposite of what should be done.
Yes, there are plenty of anti-hunters who will ignore the science and the economic arguments, just as there are people ignoring the science on climate, etc…. They’re all equally wrong, just wrong about different things…..
Last I saw 10% of us hunt, 10% are anti's and 80% are "neutral". If 80% are misinformed and doing the wrong thing wildlife is in trouble and we, as hunters, are in trouble.
The good news is that most people really do want to do the right thing(s); we just have an alarming tendency to trust our own feelings and cling to what we want to believe when the facts challenge our assumptions.
That’s not Politics, it’s just Human Behavior 101.
JMO, if you think that everything you don’t like or aren’t comfortable with should be illegal, you don’t deserve the protections that our constitution affords….
