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Oh I get it. And it some areas in Africa there are "surplus"

Posted on: March 7, 2018 at 07:58:25 CT

MrBlueSky MU

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of elephants and the selling of hunting tags is a way to promote conservation.

Doesn't make the deliberate hunting and killing of an elephant for a trophy any less disgusting.

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Proving to be a total ass hole, Trump does it again. - GA Tiger MU - 3/7 07:50:40

Something you can always count on is - JayHoaxH8r MU

- 3/7 09:23:01

Is this your conservative or liberal side reacting?(nm) - pickle MU

- 3/7 08:08:43

How would I know. You got all the answers. Right? - GA Tiger MU - 3/7 08:11:14

You have no idea what your own thoughts are? - pickle MU

- 3/7 08:14:28

Totally agree... - Gyro MU - 3/7 08:08:18

Financially, its probably much more beneficial to - GA Tiger MU - 3/7 08:13:01

is this your conservative or liberal side reacting? (nm) - pickle MU

- 3/7 08:08:12

Whatta Dyck, my God, that is terrible and blind(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 3/7 08:04:19

blind to what? (nm) - Sal KC - 3/7 08:06:37

How about the ethics of hunting endangered species for - raskolnikov MU - 3/7 08:24:33

hunting is legal. According to the Red List maintained by - Spanky KU - 3/7 08:41:06

he asked about ethics (nm) - pickle MU

- 3/7 08:31:56

Ethics of what, pickle? Read the ENTIRE question. Then - Spanky KU - 3/7 09:18:11

I did. He asked about ethics (nm) - pickle MU

- 3/7 09:28:51

Ethics of WHAT? - Spanky KU - 3/7 17:07:29

PETA - Spanky KU - 3/7 08:09:55

If they can hunt the elephants legally - Sal KC - 3/7 07:54:36

How will Donnie know on a case by case basis - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 07:59:24

It's not "Donnie's" job (nm) - Sal KC - 3/7 08:00:00

He said he will evaluate on a case by case basis personally(nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 08:01:05

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife said they would - Sal KC - 3/7 08:02:45

Just gotta keep the sons happy with their hobbies (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 08:05:21

you just can't stay on an argument or position, can you? you - 90Tiger MU - 3/7 08:37:16

And now a shift in your narrative - Sal KC - 3/7 08:06:00

What narrative? That trophy hunting of elephants is - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 08:08:12

How many trophy import cases - Sal KC - 3/7 08:09:27

If the number is above 0, it's too many. - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 08:11:29

You act like there are too many cases - Sal KC - 3/7 08:12:25

I did. 4600 from 2005-2014. About 500 a year. (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 08:13:23

You believe 500/year is too many - Sal KC - 3/7 08:18:06

If the number is above 0, it's too many. - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 08:19:55

then don't hunt them. (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 3/7 10:51:05

You are shifting the goal posts again (nm) - Sal KC - 3/7 08:21:01

RE: You are shifting the goal posts again (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 08:22:34

"Trophy" is not the main point. Its the greasy little gooks - GA Tiger MU - 3/7 07:59:05

"the greasy little gooks" - pickle MU

- 3/7 08:10:59

What the hell else would you call someone - GA Tiger MU - 3/7 08:21:42

irrational comes to mind (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 3/7 08:37:49

lol ok (nm) - Sal KC - 3/7 07:59:41

It is the slippery slope argument that it will encourage - Spanky KU - 3/7 07:57:31

That photo with Don Jr. holding a knife and an elephant's - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 07:52:35

Some perspective for you - Sal KC - 3/7 07:56:26

Its a perspective that I'm not buying for a second. Sounds - GA Tiger MU - 3/7 08:00:48

Oh I get it. And it some areas in Africa there are "surplus" - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 07:58:25

So you're against conversation? (nm) - Sal KC - 3/7 07:59:15

I could make a very easy argument that the best way to - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 08:00:41

would you like to do that in the US with deer or fish or - 90Tiger MU - 3/7 08:39:01

Are deer or fish endangered in the USA? - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 08:42:35

is that a yes, or a no? (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 3/7 11:49:04

I tend to agree with this - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/7 09:06:07

African elephants aren't endangered either (nm) - Sal KC - 3/7 08:42:12

Vulnerable, excuse me (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 08:49:48

What if it had been a rabbit’s tail instead of an elephant? - Spanky KU - 3/7 07:55:27

No problem. Got plenty of rabbits. Which I used to hunt.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 3/7 08:02:03

RE: What if it had been a rabbit’s tail instead of an elephant? - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 07:57:22

Ok.... the point? Would killing a rabbit be abhorrent also? - Spanky KU - 3/7 08:02:22

A deer, tuna, rabbit, presumably a dove - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 08:03:51

The local villages eat the elephant meat(nm) - Shu MU - 3/7 08:30:49

Yep ... some background - Sal KC - 3/7 08:46:25

The people hunting for trophies are not doing so with - MrBlueSky MU - 3/7 09:08:49

Also not true - Sal KC - 3/7 09:11:38

Represents some of the worst of mankind. - GA Tiger MU - 3/7 07:55:09