John Varty & Tiger Canyon

[Pckts]

(03-23-2015, 10:30 PM)'sanjay' Wrote: @Pckts , He may be greedy person. But the points he raised is really a serious issue. I have already seen lot of photos that hunter group publish, They are active on facebook.

There are lot of photographers and wildlife lovers but psychically or financially they are not involved in conservation of wildlife. Only few people among them are actually doing something serious to save animals. They only click photo and share on facebook that's it.
Hunters are very strong financially as well as they have political support.
Its million dollar business in Many country.

 

Absolutely, in the US, the states with legal hunting generate quite a bit of revenue. There is a popular argument on why states should allow hunting and the benefits they carry.
But my response to this is simple,
I use my Trip to Thailand as my proof.
Thailands major financial industry is the Sex trade.
Children are forced into it and are given no choice but it is 10% of Thailands GDP.
So its allowed, but its wrong. Thats my feeling on hunting, just because something generates $ doesn't mean its right. We play a dangerous game that has already gotten us in trouble when we adopt that mindset. The US gov't is a perfect example. Big corporation over powers the masses because they contribute more money. Becaue hunting campaigns charge absurd amounts of money to do them, they generate $. But they are not the majority, they are the "1%" if you will.

"A political party leader in Thailand and former massage parlor owner stated that the prostitution industry in Thailand is earns over $6.4 Billion (200 Billion Thai Baht) a year in revenue. The amount generated by the sex trade in Thailand is equal to roughly 10 percent of the country’s GDP."
http://www.havocscope.com/revenue-of-the...-thailand/

Heres a ton more info on Sex Trade in thailand
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Tha...+trade+gdp

In Zambia they completely banned hunting for a time but they reinstated it because their revenue went down, but they don't allow hunting of big cats only. But then there is Canned hunting and that just completely cancels it out. So while Zambia was getting pressure to stop hunting and did so for a bit, the minute their wallets get hit, they fold.

This is the claim of Zambia Gov't as to why
"People must also be aware and understand that, the decision to lift the ban is not merely a consumptive matter, but a conservation one as well, as money, which is raised in these animal overpopulated areas is usually ploughed back into conservation. The decision is also a human-wildlife conflict mitigation measure as these places are known for this problem.
Conservation is much more than just allowing uncontrolled animal over-populations. It is about ensuring the balance between humans and wildlife, for harmonious existence of both. ZAWA has been a target of all sorts of misunderstandings because this role is not clearly understood."
http://www.zambiatourism.com/minister-li...on-hunting

The excuse of "overpopulation" is outrageous. We are all to familiar that no animal is going to win out between man and animal. The minute humans settle the animals loose. Overpopulation is impossible since every single animal species # lower than it was before humans got here. The truth is, we let them live until we take their land for ourselves and use the excuse of "population control"
Just like the show Wild Alaska.

If we want to stop contributing to this as a nation we need to stop purchasing commodities that are made and distributed by deforestation and other destructive means. Like what is occurring in Sumatra. I posted a great link there on tons of petitions against these corporations. You would never think it, but plastic is a huge contributor to forest destruction in Sumatra. Toy companies like Matel are destroying the little land that is left. But we as a species are completely unaware of this or choose not to think about it till its too late.

Sorry for the long write up, but this topic really upsets me.

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