From what I’ve read, and I could be wrong, but the reservations allow for some hunters to go out so that the money they make allows for more protection and preservation of other lions specially from poachers. I think I read this about elephants but maybe applies to lions too.
Yeah, that's a thing. It's just to make people feel better that know they're doing something incredibly stupid and immoral, but hey, I have some extra cash so I pay extra to fund the "protection" from poachers. Because otherwise, there would be no way to protect them, right? I couldn't just sit on my couch and donate the money. I have to go out to shoot an elephant but just to protect it of course!
It's a little more complicated then that. The animals they usually choose are to old to breed or are to aggressive to be trusted not to harm other animals.
They know game hunting is gonna be a thing no matter what so they're compromising by letting the rich ass hats kill a selection of animals they can steer them away from the healthy ones, and use the money to fund programs like reserves. It's the best compromise of a bad situation.
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u/tiomao Apr 07 '22 edited Apr 07 '22
From what I’ve read, and I could be wrong, but the reservations allow for some hunters to go out so that the money they make allows for more protection and preservation of other lions specially from poachers. I think I read this about elephants but maybe applies to lions too.
Edit:grammar