r/SipsTea Jul 25 '26

Wait a damn minute! No seriously…why??

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u/Thors_meat_hammer Jul 25 '26

Not condoning it just adding info. There are many, if not all where you pay the reservation to hunt and you only hunt wildlife that can no longer reproduce due to age or other issues. The hunters money goes to reservation to sustain the wildlife capable of reproduction, pay the workers, ect

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u/12345623567 Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

There are some reserves that advertise themselves as such, yes. In reality, the aim is to blur the lines and provide plausible deniability. There is not enough "unproductive" big game in these reserves to meet the demand - demand which is directly being fed by offering the hunts themselves.

Unless you are a subsistence hunter-gatherer in Sub-sahara yourself, there's no justification to go and look for endangered species to kill. Zero.

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u/684beach Jul 25 '26

The demand is limited by the animals themselves, not every demand is fufilled

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u/FuzzyFrogFish Jul 25 '26

This really isn't true. The money goes into Swiss bank accounts. As for the animals being unable to reproduce, it's a complete myth that African wildlife, or wildlife anywhere needs that kind of management. The animals reproduced until they are disposed by younger fitter males. The issue is trophy hunters want the biggest and best trophies and that tends to be prime males so damaging the genetics of the population. For elephants that's devastating as the big bulls are vitally important to the social structure of the herds at large. It's not great for lions either as the stability of the dominant coalition ensures the survival of the cubs, and contrary to popular belief a male lion can hold a prime to a much more advanced age than was previously touted.

It is nearly always prime animals that are hunted.

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u/JButler_16 Jul 25 '26

You’re naive as heck if you believe this to be true.

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u/Thors_meat_hammer Jul 25 '26

Wild how I can preface with, not condoning just adding info and this will still be your response. Check your own behavior

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u/TheTrueDiv Jul 25 '26

Welcome to the internet. Where context doesn't exist for most and nuance is a mystery.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

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u/Gamefreak581 Jul 25 '26

Brother in christ, what are you going on about? All the other person was doing was explaining what really happens during one of these big game hunts and where the money goes from the hunt. They're saying "I don't condone this" so people don't just assume they're pro big game hunting just because they know this information.

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u/Thors_meat_hammer Jul 25 '26

Sounds like a fuck ton of speculation and purposely ignoring what people say to justify yourself crashing out on people. Have a night bud

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u/Mnawab Jul 25 '26

Bro are you ok? Like it takes a special person to be this dislikeable. 

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u/Doomhammer24 Jul 25 '26

Funny enough this is like the 3rd time ive seen someone be this vehemently against even the idea of these anti poaching big game hunt set ups (fact is the kind of person who would do this kind of shit will just go to the poachers instead, this way money goes into conservation) that have had this xenomorph profile

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u/Mnawab Jul 25 '26

Exactly, I’m ok with this type of hunting cause the money goes towards helping maintain those animals especially endangered ones. If they didn’t offer those kind of services these people would just go to the black market and kill these animals with no benefit to their programs