Observations and opinions concerning zoos, evolution, nature conservation and the way we treat/support the ecosystems which are supposed to serve us. |
Observations and opinions concerning zoos, evolution, nature conservation and the way we treat/support the ecosystems which are supposed to serve us |
The conservation through hunting model has led to many, sometimes heated, debates. Personally, I cannot understand why a person should kill an animal when the animal isn’t an immediate threat to that person or isn’t an indispensable part of that person’s diet. But when the conservation value is proven I am prepared to adopt the model in my thoughts.
When you search the internet you can find many articles that address the model and the accompanying debate, but some interesting thoughts I came across in a recently published article entitled ‘Big game hunters: We’re the answer to preventing extinction’ made me aware of how twisted some of the reasoning is. Therefore, I comment on a few of those that stood out to me.
The price on the head of a
“Tiger map” (CC BY 2.5) by Sanderson et al., 2006.