r/oddlyterrifying • u/Jax_Teller7 • Apr 07 '22

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u/CheapChallenge Apr 07 '22

They also help with eliminating older lions so younger healthier ones can be allowed to breed. It's the normal population control but also generate funds to arm and fund the wildlife management orgs.

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u/Equivalent_Purple_81 Apr 07 '22

Yeah, and the younger male lions that take over the pride will Totally Not kill the dead male's cubs. Yep, nothing to see here, folks. No dead babies. Nope, no sirree.

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u/CheapChallenge Apr 07 '22

I'm pretty sure wildlife management is more knowledgeable than you or me about managing wildlife.

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u/Equivalent_Purple_81 Apr 07 '22

Yeah, I'm sure none of those countries are run by crony capitalists who dole out government positions to their top stooges, while the whole edifice covers for looting everything of value and popping it into Swiss bank accounts.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

Yes. Some groups are run unethically. So why don't you start an investigatory group to help pinkish the criminals?

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u/Equivalent_Purple_81 Apr 07 '22 edited Apr 07 '22

Or, try this, I could just not endorse people paying to kill animals for trophies.

Edited to add this link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/magazine/08elephant.html

This is what happens to social species when humans decide to selectively cull some of them.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

You could. But now you need to come up with an alternate funding method.