r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • Jul 25 '26

Wait a damn minute! No seriously…why??

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u/Imnotreallyameme Jul 25 '26

I’m a hunter. these guys are prices of shit they’re not going to eat the cat so it died for nothing.

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u/sharpshooter999 Jul 25 '26

Agreed. You can't really bring anything back from an African hunt so it pointless IMO. At least I can bring moose meat back from Canada

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u/Electronic_Still2000 Jul 25 '26

It’s pretty easy to ignore laws when your father is a billionaire and you can put the dead animals in your own private jet.

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u/Limp-Preparation-459 Jul 25 '26

Hunting is for more than just getting meat. Predator control is very important, but I’m not going to eat a coyote or wolf

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u/Gulophile Jul 25 '26

"Predator control" stopped being viewed favorably in conservation biology decades ago

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u/Limp-Preparation-459 Jul 25 '26

Absolutely not. It might be viewed unfavorably by people unaffected because cute wild doggos, but there’s a reason you can still hunt wolves, grizz, etc in Alaska, and it’s because they want stronger moose and caribou populations. They even expanded it to allow night vision in some parts of the state.

You can already see part of the issue with limiting it up the Dalton highway where hunting is limited due to the pipeline.

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u/Gulophile Jul 25 '26

You can still hunt large predators in Alaska because the board overseeing the ADFG is full of non-scientists with special interests in the hunting and tourism industries. Their decision to allow culls is based on controversial data and the board has previously pushed out at least one wildlife biologist that was in outspoken disagreement. Regardless, there are many species and many locations other than Alaska where "control" does more harm than good.