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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

10,000 Birds

I get that you’re really angry, I mean, he was a popular lion and yes, his cute widdle cubs will probably die to, but I can’t help feeling you’ve kind of missed the point a bit, and well, ending all hunting in Africa will not solve much and maybe make things worse and… No, no, I’m not a hunter. I’m sorry.

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Uganda Benefits from Mountain Gorilla Survival

Critter News

The tourism revenue creates an incentive for Uganda to protect the endangered species at the same time that it contributes to human welfare. Tags: developing countries africa economic development ecotourism uganda gorillas. This is a kind of symbiotic relationship that only benefits both members of the relationship.

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Huge Effort to Rescue 60 Elephants in Malawi

Critter News

Jason Bell-Leask, IFAW Director Southern Africa} said "For years the herd has been maimed by local villagers, sometimes using appallingly cruel methods to protect their crops and granaries from raids by the elephants. Tags: malawi africa animal rescue elephants endangered species.

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Should is not a Solution

10,000 Birds

In the past I have attributed some of this conflict to differences between the conservation mindset and that of animal rights/animal welfare. And therein my quarrel with those that oppose game hunting in Africa. The conservation value of hunting in Africa is a reality. Should is not the solution.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

New moral vegetarianism, however, rests on moral arguments couched in terms of human welfare. In 1974 we shipped four times as much food to Cambodia and South Vietnam as to starving Bangladesh and Swahelian Africa. It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve.

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Flight to Freedom

4 The Love Of Animals

ADI, which has previously rescued and relocated animals in Europe, South America and Africa have described it as one of the most complex logistical operation they have ever undertaken but say it will be worth all of the effort when the animals walk free. What a way to start memorial weekend. These lions really are home for the holidays.””.

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We Should Kill More Lions

10,000 Birds

Hunters go to Africa to shoot lions, and this is without question a good thing; for birds, for ecosystems, and for lions in general! The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do. I’m not even trolling (much).

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