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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

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The killing of Cecil was equated with murder, a moral crime rather than a symptom of a ecological problem. Animal rights is concerned with individual animals, and their suffering and welfare. So now there are lots of lions, and they like buffalo, so now there are less buffalo. So we do the best we can with what we have.

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Should is not a Solution

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I will address two of them in the new year, namely, “Is hunting moral at all?” In the past I have attributed some of this conflict to differences between the conservation mindset and that of animal rights/animal welfare. It may not be the preferred solution for many, but it works.

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