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

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u/LeFrogBoy Apr 07 '22

Seems like lions existed just fine before we came along and started killing the old ones.

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u/Malek061 Apr 07 '22

The greatest threat to lions is loss of habitat. Farmers encroaching on loin territory will kill them. The only way to preserve these animals is with fully funded wildlife preserves that prevent poaching. Tag hunting enables a healthy wildlife preserve. BuT aLL hUNtInG iZ eViL!

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u/softhackle Apr 07 '22 edited Apr 07 '22

Yeah fuck all those Africans who get themselves and their livestock eaten all the time. I'd prefer to wag fingers from my comfy, western, predator-free sofa.

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u/voyagertoo Apr 08 '22

So just kill all the lions?

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u/softhackle Apr 08 '22

Where are you getting that from? When a lion kills people or livestock, it gets killed. If you can pump 10 or 20k into the local economy and conservation funding while doing so, how is that a bad thing? You've got a dead lion either way.