Why Trophy Hunting Can Be Good for Animals | Adam Ruins Everything 

I discriminate and target those with the tastiest meat.

Are all animals created equal? I personally would like mosquitoes to be driven extinct, (the damned bl**dsuckers!) and if the rare multi-warted toad (probably made up, but who knows?) also goes extinct as a consequence ... who cares?

i wonder what rhino and lion taste like.

if mosquitos went extinct the whole ecosystem would go to shit

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others (i.e. cuter ones)

Same though

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I think you mean, Ruining Friendships...

CollegeHumor yeah pretty much but damn it feels good to be right

me

I hunt and I am not crazy about the way this is funded either but there isn't a better way currently. Many celebrities have sufficient funds to purchase and operate game reserves but they seem to find it more convenient to virtue signal and stockpile their cash.

I'm from Namibia and I can tell you we protect those parks like America protects it's southern border and we protect our actual borders like America protects it's northern border.

@@suckerforpain7373 Ha, that's a good example! And funny too!

Plus the animals that are trophy hunted are generally bad for the species to be kept alive. Generally, aggressive males who can no longer breed and just kill younger males who can. No new babies if that aggressive male is left alive.

@@suckerforpain7373 I am remembering that.

You see it's funny because it's true

Avengers: (Softly) don't

"But still", my ass. It might work, but it does not solve the problem. "But still" is used way too much in this video. The problem is still not solved and keeping things alive to have them be killed later for no real reason is still bad. ALSO: Wanna bet how long it takes for the Ruthless Hunters to get smarter?? What if they, i dont' know, create an Academy for Ruthless Hunters? -That might sound like a joke at first, but think about it.

Slevin Channel then, how would you solve the problem? You bash them for not solving a problem, so how would you solve it?

@@slevinchannel7589 Cat Person has a point. It's one thing to point out the flaws of a solution, but it accomplishes nothing if you can't give a better one.

Waits 7 seconds before reacting

Same lion, same

imminosus im just looking at the lion:... also me:hey stop eating kids like that! don't you know how much it costs?

IMMINOSUS A few minutes later Baby:*Happy and riding a FUCKING LION* Lion:*Sadder than the time I got rejected by my crush*

Children eats lions too

In which case trophy hunting is good. Animal Rights activism and Environmentalism are completely different causes and should be seen as such.

Don't you know animal lives matter just as much as people's!?! *Gets bit by rattle snake*

I think it's more about the endangered species that pains me, chickens and other livestock are massively overpopulated by us. If we manage to get white rhinos overpopulated somehow then I will be impressed.

don't you know that killing people is wrong *eats arm*

but.... chickens or cows or pigs etc aren't *critically* endangered

Trophy hunting+poaching worse than poaching.

@@ThirdFront did you watch the video?

@@joepat1279 Yes I did. I also looked at other sources which show "let the community decide" is sometimes not the best option (US civil war??). For instance, will you allow a child to be raped by a millionaire if he donates fixed sum to govt for helping victims of child trafficking?

ThirdFront that’s completely different, how could you compare raping a child for funding to trophy hunting for funding. Both are completely horrible but they also involve completely different situations. Both trophy hunting and poaching are wrong, and I wouldn’t want either. But if I had to choose, I would want the one that helps funding to protect more animals. Again, both are wrong and you shouldn’t do either but also it’s not equal to raping a child for funding. The lasting effects for a child who is raped is indescribable. And yes you could argue the lasting effects of killing species of animals, but again you shouldn’t compare them. They aren’t the same. You asked if you would allow a child to be raped by a millionaire if he gave money to help prevent sex-trafficking. The answer is obviously, no. No amount of money is worth raping a child, even if it saves more. But killing one animal to save more isn’t as horrible. Wrong, yes. But not worse then raping a child to save more. If more animals are saved because one died, then the ones saved could populate more. It’s not the best solution but it’s working. It’s not justified in any way, but I rather see more alive then more dead. I am not saying that trophy hunting is right, it’s a very wrong thing to do. But I just hate the fact that you brought up raping a child for funding to be compared to killing an animal for funding. It isn’t and never will be the same.

@@thurdays_angel6442 Unless you see animals as one of "us", recognize their equal right to live on earth like us, and realize their survival is essential for our future, no conservation is possible. It would only be a farm, animal farm.

Plus the old animals should be in pain so it is best to put them down

That makes so much more sense. Killing off the very old ones that can't breed and the ones that are killing the younger ones that can is a very great idea. However, I'm not enthusiastic about the 'if-there's-too-many-in-one-spot-thin-the-herd' method. Can't just move more of the breeding animals to other locations?

@@xrstevenson that’ll require money

Except trophy hunters don't kill old or sick animals. They go after animals in their prime. The whole POINT of trophy hunting is to kill animals in their prime, to have a good-looking trophy to gloat over.

You’re still wrong. As someone else said, trophy hunters don’t hunt old animals. They hunt the younger ones that look healthier and would look better on their wall.

what facts and statistics you idiot? where the fuck are the reliable sources that prove this? Fucking gullible morons everywhere

+Dionys84 the sources are in the top right of the video

Not The Soap as if those fucks can't falsify data and statistics to push their agenda. Fucking gullible moron as I said...

It's better than having *no* data at all, and arguing based on what triggers you and your delicate sensibilities.

Dionys84 you must be the woman in the video.

Chemical reactions make more vid pls

Zimbabwe

@@evoqgaming8565 hey look guys! He's from South Africa and white... See no one cares

Breach 'N' Clear what are you talking about?

Breach 'N' Clear I never said anything

Why

@@freemang8189 because it makes sense

I remember seeing this and it suddenly clicking for me

Oh shut up

Because this is the first one that's actually true

Dude uncool

Nicolas Klatzer what did he say

*A MAN HAS FALLEN INTO THE RIVER IN LEGO CITY*

That’s the third this week.

Brotha

I guess he's used to lions eating children

@@looeegy It is not as uncommon as you expect. 250 per year currently. It used to be far, far higher.

Looeegy G. Ah man I was gonna eat that

*that one guy from lego city comercials wants to know your location*

Build the rescue helicopter and off to the rescue!

The world has about 7% more tree coverage now than it did 40 years ago.

But the trees in tree farms aren’t permanent and are going to be cut down though? Maybe it would be neutral , but would it SAVE trees?

@@saffran8625 No trees are permanent. Welcome to the life cycle.

@@AaronCMounts But not old growth forests.

Well trees don't feel pain so it's kind of a false equivilancy here. But it's close.

I thought it was "breathe, my little money bags?"

@@frut_jooos same as me lol

"But still", my ass. It might work, but it does not solve the problem. "But still" is used way too much in this video. The problem is still not solved and keeping things alive to have them be killed later for no real reason is still bad. ALSO: Wanna bet how long it takes for the Ruthless Hunters to get smarter?? What if they, i dont' know, create an Academy for Ruthless Hunters? -That might sound like a joke at first, but think about it.

Thank you Mr transcript

Egoist altruism in a way

Hippies ? dude you're soooo out of touch... they are called SJWLGTBPCs now :) Hippies are critically endangered anyways.

q means queer. the L and G are already there. Fuck your tungle fan

+Alex Tarau using every letter in the alphabet really doesn't help your cause lol

Hey! You fucked up mah B! (I'm joking, you better be too.)

shut the fungle up you ufcign solid snale/ You fucking doh man. im dying.

We aren't? Damn! That casino lied to me!

Gamblers can't support the development and local economy of Las Vegas because the majority of the stuff that's in "Las Vegas" is actually an unincorporated town called Paradise, and the stuff was created there to avoid paying taxes to the real Las Vegas (they only pay taxes to the county, state, and federal govt.). The Mayor of Las Vegas tried to annex Paradise but was rejected by the county because the county would get more revenue out of Paradise being an unincorporated town rather than it being an actual part of Las Vegas. So in theory, the gamblers are "Supporting the Development and Economy of Clark County, Nevada" or it's just going to the two corporations (and possibly the mafia) that run the place.

Bob Bob I mean... My point was that accidentally doing something contrary to your intentions that's good by doing a thing (saving animals by killing them or increasing money flow by trying to win a sizeable amount from a place) doesn't make you a hero. So, not like it actually ruins my point.

Ok but don't think all trophy hunters are like this "dweeb" in the video. In fact, I don't think it's crazy to say that most are like the trophy hunters I know: people who are aware that the money they spend on their hobby is going to good causes and more often hunt not for trophy but for food.

DairunCates I wasn't saying anything about your point, I just wanted to inform you about the misconception about Las Vegas.

Organised hunting etc is ok. But illegal hunting and poaching is where I draw my line

@@enter_feeling6042 Are there trophy hunters who don't draw the line at illegal hunting/poaching?

I guarantee the whack jobs at PETA have tried banning it, which wouldn’t be surprising with the amount of bullshit they spew on a daily basis

No. I’m not African. I’ve never been to Zimbabwe or anywhere like that. However, I still feel I can place moral judgement on immoral practices that happen over there. Similarly, I have never been to China, yet I can still judge the Yulin Dog Meat Festival and the abuse of the Uyghur Muslims as wrong. Anyhow, killing individual animals to save species is still wrong. As important as saving species is, a species is not a sentient being, but an individual animal is. If a man were to shoot a hundred children and then donate thousands of pounds to a children’s charity and save thousands of children’s lives, while the outcome of the good he did would still be amazing, it wouldn’t make what he did to start with morally right. It’s still mass murder. Imagine someone were to do this with a particular race or nationality of people and offer rich psychopathic and sadistic outsiders the chance to shoot a few of them for fun, but don’t worry, the money that came from them would be used to fund healthcare and education for the remaining people. If trophy hunters genuinely cared so much for conservation and wildlife, why are not just donating the money directly to wildlife conservation and rescue and education? Why are they spending time murdering innocent animals and not actually volunteering to help them? At the end of the day, they are doing it because they enjoy it. They are psychopaths and sadists who get pleasure out of killing magnificent and beautiful animals, animals who may have been happy and have families, animals who have just as much right to live as they do, and taking their heads, horns, skins and tusks as trophies and posing, smiling, with the dead animals and having their photos taken like the sadists they are. I honestly don’t know what the solution is, but this is not the solution. More funding is definitely needed to save the animals, but we need to find alternative sources of the funding and support that don’t involve murdering the animals needlessly. If we were to solve/reduce Africa’s poverty issues, that would go a long way here. Btw, I am well aware that not all Africans are poor.

I am well aware that not all Africans are bad to the animals. There are conservationists and rangers who put their life on the line to protect the animals and I greatly respect and honour them for this.

"The hardest choices require the Strongest wills."

"There is no greater sacrifice than someone else's" - Skipper

But it was a male lion

@@whitexchina he was saying to the lion but pointing at the ostrich

Ha ha emoji funny

Basic

"But still", my ass. It might work, but it does not solve the problem. "But still" is used way too much in this video. The problem is still not solved and keeping things alive to have them be killed later for no real reason is still bad. ALSO: Wanna bet how long it takes for the Ruthless Hunters to get smarter?? What if they, i dont' know, create an Academy for Ruthless Hunters? -That might sound like a joke at first, but think about it.

Very true, nobody is going to argue that. However, the problem is inherently obvious that even legalized hunting encourages illegal hunting. Just this past year America was pissed off that a hunter had Cecil the lion killed, and to this day, even though the dentist who did it hasn't claimed full responsibility for the "mistake", nobody has yet to find the head of this well known mascot. I'm fairly sure it's in the dentist's trunk, but conservationism has an incredible amount of flaws and loops: "You can hunt these lions...BUT, you have to pinky swear not to hunt THESE LIONS." Typical hunter: "Duuur...sure, whatever!"

shindean You do have a lot to learn about hunting. Look at Kenya when they had legal hunting and now. Poaching has almost wiped out the elephant. Legal hunting ensures game animals have a place. For the future, watch Botswana.

It is not the responsibility of the hunter to know what animal to kill if he is paying a guide to help him find an animal to kill. Any good guide has that as part of the contract. That dentist got screwed over and is the one taking the blame because no one wants to blame some random African dude who no one can harass online.

Martin Stiastny And as you type this, two more rhino species went extinct this year. Conservation isn't defined as restoration, it means TRYING to keep what's left. This may be the best of a bad situation, but it's still bad. Plus, lions are the keystone species of an ecosystem. So if you ever get annoyed with those commercials that feature a starving indigenous village that depended on the natural earth for nutrition in Africa, and it's asking for donations, then stop supporting the hunting of lions, or STFU.

shindean You sir, are a fucking idiot. You know nothing of the benefits of hunting. The economies of countries or the attitude of the people in these countries. The value of these wild animals is on the ground, meaning, what is it worth to the people. They see lions and rhino and elephants as threats and dangers. They would rather kill them off and raise cattle. Hunters paying trophy fees and the industry generating jobs for the local communities proves a benefit to the people to not kill off these animals. Lose the emotions and use your brain.

He kinda gave the example of that beign the case at 2:40 but he could put more onto it, yeah.

Too bad that the system is not that effective and hunters do not actually abide by the reserves rules. This is total bullshit.

That doesn't make any sense, animals generally choose strong mates and leave the weaker ones alone. This isn't a justification to shoot them.

And it just so happens that old males make the best trophies.

@@sachinraghavan4556 Do you go and just bother everyone on here?

We're pretty happy about it.

Look like I'm resubscribing

Meeeeee

Literally the only reason I'm here

Super happy! Why should only people who have TruTv in their cable package get to hear the truth!? Truth Bombs for everyone.

Hope she payed the fee. If she did not, it was worthless.

I read that as "choke down a lion plushy"

@@amox taxation is theft, I do what I want

Lol

Call the rspsa

What species do you mean, if you don’t mind me asking?

This happens in the US. In Valley Forge, PA, the deer population can spike to where the deer starve, get forced onto roads and hit by cars etc. So every 10 years or so, a handful of marksmen (not every Tom, Dick and Harry with a hunting license) come in and thin the herd. The reason? All the natural predators have been gone. And with humans no longer hunting for food reliably, the numbers shoot up. The only other solution is to bring back the predators, but they also prey on people, their pets, and their children.

Let me guess, Red Deer? Feral Goats?

Animals don't overpopulate, only humans do and kill them when they walk into human territory. They also kill natural carnivores to begin with.

@@k.4625 Are you saying the group that’s worse than hunters is good? Must mean hunters are good. Hunters actually use the bodies. They eat some of the meat, and donate the rest to local villages. They use the skin and bones as well. Nothing goes to waste.

@@Alex-dv5hm PETA just puts down every animal under its care and throws the bodies in unmarked pet semataries

@@InitialPC PETA makes more rules and laws under the guise “we’re just helping animals”. But the rules and laws they make are really just to get rid of hunters.

Actually hunters kill less animals than PETA

almost anything help animals more than peta

Casual hey

Hey it was hard to make that child

Top 10 parents in anime

he's got like 7 more. he's used to it.

hey! down with this sort of thing

Rendered Useless i rather poach one instead

Chuck Hunts oh but I am making a change to it by advancing the research of fusion power which shall replace any coal or oil burning function nuclear will stay though

GamingWizard your a GAMING wizard not a real wizard

The bazooka will damage the horn.

Man I do that in Far Cry 4 everyday

teacher had a hang over that day. I know Im a teacher.

Poaching, trophy hunting, and recreational hunting are all the same act with different end results.

Poaching and hunting are the same act. One is arbitrarily considered bad.

me too

Depends on the price of the gun and ammo :)

The problem is that poachers are extremely well armed (sometimes better armed than the military of the country they live in) and many poachers have agents that would inform them of any attack...It's not fair but until a time when either the African nations are able to ask for help without fear or are able to handle themselves, poaching will be a problem

Either a .22 LR or a 20 MM AT sniper rifle, nothing in between.

We will pay you, come to my home country and you can sign up.

Lets say i empathize with Garrus Vakarian most of the time. "Now i understand why the world needs cold hearted dictators every now and again... they don't give a damn about the consequences."

@@silverstar7843 yeah, but with trophy hunting they (the reservations not the people doing it) care very much about the consequences. That's what this whole video is about.

"But still", my ass. It might work, but it does not solve the problem. "But still" is used way too much in this video. The problem is still not solved and keeping things alive to have them be killed later for no real reason is still bad. ALSO: Wanna bet how long it takes for the Ruthless Hunters to get smarter?? What if they, i dont' know, create an Academy for Ruthless Hunters? -That might sound like a joke at first, but think about it.

Aye 69th like

Slevin Channel Are you...are you literally just copy+pasting this response? I’ve seen at least one just like this.

he doesn't sound that concerned

Bro why you do this to me

Why do i find that part funny??? Am i a terrible person for laughing at something like that???

@@killer92173 no. Baby is back at 5:12 so it's okay

Nice stolen comment

Caitlin The Insomniac Be proud. The first step to being a better human being is being open minded enough to know you only know as much as you know. Sometimes, you learn new facts and that challenges how you used to think. You can either think, A. Screw this bullhonkey, I know the truth, or B. Oh, this means I’ve seen a different side of the argument. You should never EVER feel bad about picking B. because EVERYONE is wrong about something and people picking B. are just humble enough to admit that ;)

I agree. Be proud to be open minded and go hunting this summer!

Honestly, as a member of the FWC, the NRA, and as a strong advocate for sustainable hunting, I’ve never truly considered how much controlled trophy hunting could help out conservation efforts overseas (which is strange, especially since I advocate the benefits to general hunting here in the States). I just saw hunting these types of protected species as the equivalent to poaching. But after looking more into this argument, it’s easy to see the benefits of such a practice.

Oh didn't ya know.

To add, this is true. I have a a dear friend that is from South Africa. I asked her about this, and she confirms this. It does help the communities and does help with the preservation of the animals! Be comforted in knowing this. It is controlled and the money IS given to land owners!

In addition, hunting and fishing licenses fund most states' conservation efforts. A lot of these efforts are facing budget crunches due to the falling popularity of those sports. I have zero interest in hunting and at best a tepid interest in fishing, but I've considered buying licenses just as a way of funding conservation.

They breed like rabbits because humans fucked the ecological balance by eradicating predators from areas or reducing thier numbers such as wolves and bears. Studies have shown that reintroduction of these species brings natural equilibrium. But then you get farmers complaining that they are vermin destroying thier livelihoods and scared local fearing for thier safety. We create wildlife issues with our selfish nature and total disregard for the wider environment then try and solve it by killing away the problem

@morton christie you have proved my point. Rewilding an area for game is not rewilding an area for conservation is it? The predator/prey dynamic works wonderfully when we humans leave well alone. Habitats flourish and animal populations self stabilise. As soon as we want to farm/build/live somewhere the predators are the first to go via safety concerns, then any other animal who causes any sort of inconvenience is declared vermin and culling takes place. Humans are the issue and always will be.

@morton christie how have I missed the point? We humans want our cake and to eat it too. We want a ridiculous amount of diversity when it comes to food that operates at a detriment to the environment and wild animals. Areas where predators exist will only exist for as long as humans dont want something from or to settle in thier area. Game reserves are artificial and many species have been introduced to areas for hunting, , then abandoned, then classified as a menace when people want to repurpose the land. My original post was about deer hunting and the original commentators insistence that deer were a pest and that hunting helped maintain thier numbers.l, when the fact was we created the issue by eradicating wolves, who themselves were seen as pests by farmers trying to protect their bottom line. We live out of sync to the rest of nature, changing our opinions and actions depending on the flavour of the day, this wont change until we factor in other animals needs aswell as our own. In reference to your last point, I find it a little arrogant and presumptuous to make statements about where I've travelled without knowing one iota about me. I've been to Africa a number of times, Botswana, kenya, the Congo.......and south Africa. I served in the army for 12 years and some were training, others, short UN mandated deployments and a few just personal travel. I've seen the corruption and disregard for land and life with my own eye, I've also seen compassion and those trying to help wildlife. I would also like to point out that I was referring to the worlds attitude as a whole and mainly western nations attitudes to thier own countries biodiversity and the mental gymnastics they use to justify thier total disregard whilst chasing a profit

They bread 🍞 lol

To me, my view is like euthanizing an animal that is a douche to other kind even an old one

Trophy Hunter bit careless to animal meat they Will donate the to needy local but they also eat Hunted animal even if Hunter don't want eat animal they hunt then there is local that will eat the meat

Perfectly balanced... As all things should be

The hardest decisions requires the strongest wills.

hhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :))))) funny

I wanna bang death.

kingofnightmares Scrounging for scraps? These animals are on the brink of collapse, I saved them. Because you murdered two thirds of them

Careful, vegans might sue you... they have that copyrighted ;)

ikr it also hurts these animals due to deforestation and global warming

It's true. No death can truly be justified, but hypocrisy is common in "animal lovers" today. That's why I'm vegan, and not a hypocrite.

plants are living creatures too

#PLANTLIFEMATTERS Sorry, couldn't resist :(

What can he do to a lion?

SO TRUE!!

I totally support responsible hunting, especially deer hunting! A couple good bucks can feed a family for a year and it helps keep the population in check, there fore fewer deer on the roads to get hit by cars!

C.

That's got nothing to do with helping the animals though.

Yes it does, it makes the locals like the idea of investing in this kind of conservation even more

#dixoutforharambe

#dicksoutforharambe

except he wasn't killed by trophy hunting.

how was that a Trophy Hunt??????? not even close to the same thing

Harambe died so that others could live. DICKS OUT

-says 99.9% of people

DigitalNinja ZA a

greatgood5 what 14 year old girls did you meet that liked moths... everybody hates moths

Then you find out that the meat in that burger was made using stem cells.

DigitalNinja ZA Chickens aren't endangered, numbnuts

Assassins Creed?

cows crossing a river full of piranhas.... you need to sacrifice one so the others can cross.

Saving private ryan

Yogg-Saron?

+Jean Canestri I don't think you understand what piranhas are...

The Mad Hacker exactly

If you're on a public plane and you jump out you don't have to invite them not come with you being sucked out of the front door

Oh shit you have a point

They have tried other methods of fundraising for these reserves. They didn't just jump to hunting straight away, they tried tourism etc. But it didn't generate enough money especially for the landmasses/environments was talking about. I,.e. jungles and hot open plains in countries with growing populations with a need for increased farmland or at least increased farming yields. Unfortunately, this solution works best in these areas. There are other places (usually near coasts that deal with endangered sea life and over fishing etc.) where farming fish, wildlife conservation and tourism brings in enough money to support conservation. Although these places have completely different geography, population density and ability to grow food, access to water (mainly thanks to their geography) etc. sorry just had this debate with my colleagues who say it's immoral but forgetting about nay practicality in the matter.

Well we are trying But people donate money to Pandas instead of other animals

Woke > Logic

vomittie yesterday orange haired impeachment man and the suicidal rapist politician

There are experts are disagree on whether or not it’s effective

I used the animals to save the animals.

@@madhavilanka7787 make this public bro don't let it rot in a reply section

Every time someone researches an issue, an Adam gets his wings!

The earth is overpopulated by humans. Other animals are dying out. By the logic of the video humans should die.

Careful, don't want the rare and elusive Adam species to get to high and mighty.

I've never understood why people only care about when "cute" animals die, but don't give a shit when other animals they don't see in that way get killed.

Wha? Yes, the death penalty (something I don't agree with anyway) is given for MURDER, or mass murder of another human. Please tell me how the animal deserves the same treatment despite not committing any sort of crime.

who wouldn't?

I would unless it's poaching! XD Gotta kill the animals to save the animals

If you did that, then you would burn the meat. You have to use a rocket powered harpoon.

That'd be 30000 dollars please. Thanks and here's your "I'm a rich jerk who shoots rhinos" tote bag

@TheAres1999 yes please

How much? Put a hit out

You know Ivan Carter ? He is Hunter and he work at anti poaching unit

@@ghozisyaifullah254 When murderers arbitrarily hate other murderers.

@@sachinraghavan4556 ok retards

That shit does exist

That exists already.

Right he wants us to fund it further.

Sure, just fork over a few hundred thousand dollars and go shoot an elephant or something. Instant poacher poaching revenue.

Bounty hunters.

​@Andrew Walker Jr. I think this was answered in Southpark s13e06 Pinewood Derby.

Space Cash isn't real

Space credits I think you mean starbucks

Space pirates stole their space credits😊

Alien: Aight time to hunt some humans for them moneyz!

Less catchy

Put sunglasses on them. Problem solved.

those are EXTREMELY CREPPY !!

They stare into my soul....

+CollegeHumor you guys know what's up

The eyes are fake. Not that real ones decomposing would be less disturbing to you, but that should probably help explain why they seem so unnatural to many

Some countries need to learn that

Right? Damn. Who would have ever guessed that?

In many ways world powers should let lesser countries try to govern themselves. While there should be some baseline for all countries like don't blow up the world, don't kill your own people and don't attack others, every other decision should be up to them. If we flipped the situation where a country like Uganda was running our national parks like Yellowstone, we'd probably be upset. And if we had severe poverty or job loss and the outside country was funding a save the wolves program, we'd probably be upset too. Conservation is a worldwide collaboration, but they do still have the right to do what they believe is necessary for their own wildlife and economy. We might disagree as westerners, but we're in far better positions. What we should be doing if we care this much is start relocating private nature reserves of African/Asian wildlife here in the United States. If US citizens are that concerned that African countries aren't going to protect Elephants/Rhinos well enough, then we should step in, offer money to buy private land in Africa or buy animals to be relocated to protected areas in the Americas.

@Facts aren't racist I mean, technically that's their problem so

@Facts aren't racist You gonna raise an army to invade over it?

Yeah but it doesn't make that much money

Because trophy hunting is a sensitive process to do and a lot of maintenance So governments chose easier method And it also disturbing wildlife and psychologically impacting them

Um where did you get that info

@@zxyAprte124 His ass

I was throwing up when I got a notice from this

You should probably wash your phone or something.

yeah, it didn't get on my phone though, I was getting water then ran to the bathroom where I threw up

why am I telling about this?

perfect timing :D

yikes bad joke and good joke

If I remember correctly, he actually didn't even have a permit to kill the lion, and did it illegally.

oh

At tooth:hurty?

he was a poacher and didn't go through proper channels. Guy is a criminal.

Ahh yes that book no one cares about but we still have to read

lemons...it's actually a good story. I still remember it from over 20 years ago. The older you get the more accurate it becomes.

Lisa Cox so the older you get the more people you hunt?

YES! Someone finally made that reference, and for you, you get a sub

@@SeanKuder :)

My thoughts on it as well.

i disagree, the species doesn't ''need'' to exist, none of them care about the prolonging of their species. they do however care about fear and pain. the only ones wanting theyre species to not die out are humans. so to appease our desire to animals, it somehow becomes acceptable for us to kill a few, to ensure there are more...? if i wanted to kill you so that there are more supplies for the future generations (assume there is, as i know this is not the case) would you agree to die, because the needs of the many outweigh the few???

I'm not a rhino.

David Orson - of course no one would agree to that. We don't want to die. Interestingly though, are you suggesting you have the slightest clue how animals feel? About anything? I mean, it would be a faux pas to pretend you understood what a woman thought, but you have no problem claiming to know how an animal feels? We as humans are doing our best(sometimes) to keep animal species alive and sometimes we have to kill a few to save many. Your argument is bad because it does nothing but appeal to emotion and completely ignores logic. I should say though.... are you really fucking arguing that animals, if they had the intellect to argue this point, would choose species extinction over a select few dying? You are literally a fucking imbecile for this argument. I tried, so very hard, to not be an asshole to you, but jesus fucking christ are you stupid. Seriously.... shut the fuck up, you fucking moron.

+David Orson "none of them care about the prolonging of their species" -_-, Man you need to do your research before spitting out random crap. If "none of them care about the prolonging of their species" then no animals would be alive today. It's because they "care" about surviving is why there is such a variety of animals (as well as plants, etc.).

True. You never see a vegan complaining about this.

ikr.

I have, a few actually, they also don't seem to know about land carrying capacities. Not understanding that permits in the developed countries like the USA and Australia, are to cull a specific number of animals that the local ecosystem can not support.

You're right. They're too busy telling people that they're vegans to begin with LOL

Cows aren't exactly endangered though.

He said breed? I thought he said breathe Now that I think about it breed makes more sense

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Nolan Bell I thought he said greed

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Crimson assassin I'll put captions on

Yeah, pretty much

No. You have to pay to kill a animal, if you don't then it is illegal.

How can you ban illegal shooting of animals? It's the ban that makes it illegal in the first place.

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Yeah because that's how Cecil the lion got killed (And probably our Lord and saviour)

Random Otaku no, they wouldn’t. They don’t care about the facts

Andrew Oxford Yeah

Andrew Oxford I’m sure most of the members of PETA do care about facts. Unfortunately, it’s the crazies we usually hear about because they are usually the loudest and most entertaining. The media (news included) want people to watch, listen, and/or read their stories, so the crazy PETA member are what people see. So this makes people view organizations like PETA negatively and as a big joke. PETA stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. They just want animals to be treated better, and that is an awesome cause. But the crazies give them a bad name. I’ll bet most PETA member are normal people that just want to help animals. Unfortunately, people only hear about the crazy members, who are most likely a very small fraction of the total number of members. Most, if not all organizations have crazy people as members. So because the media wants people to watch, read, or listen to them, they are gonna report on and write about the entertaining crazy PETA people instead of normal, boring PETA people.

Peta liking anything is like an oxymoron. They hurt the cause just so they can make spectacle and gain for themselves.

@@PaintedDog That goes with most organizations. I will look it up later, but I am sure there are smaller grassroots organizations that do a better job.

I'm starting to think they should be able to claim the whole adventure as a charity tax credit!

This, IF the trophy hunter doesn't decide to go on illegal huntings with irregular local guides...

Michael McLaughlin they forgot the fact that some of the animals that are hunted are older and more violent, often killing and raping the younger ones.

Tusk,horn,Skull,hide,teeth,claw,skin etc all goes to taxidermy and Hunter Walls while meat goes to local stomach

@@NafkeNo you won't make this into a loophole for your tax exemption scheme. You have already a lot of loopholes already to not pay your taxes. Why you always want to corrupt everything with selfishness and greed. But you don't care as long as your sins are making you money.

Also, when a man pays for the trophy hunt, he will end up supporting the host country in more ways than the initial fee. He will have to stay in local hotels, pay for tour and hunting guides to join his party, and rent vehicles and equipment. Since almost all hunters are supervised, the animals are hunted humanely, and without waste.

He had that woman assign that hunter to an old, dangerous rhino to demonstrate that.

It's as if you listened to the RadioLab episode on this topic this spring.

Trophy Hunters have never been interested in killing the old, etc animals! They always kill animals in their prime!!

@@lenitaa7938 how you know the law in Africa say that you only can hunt old animal and every animal they hunted is old

spiders are way different from things like rhinos :/, but it's true that a lot of "animal lovers" only care about the cute animals

Its just the whole cute animal bias that makes me mad. Like "Ohh don't kill cute rhinos and lions" but they probably don't care about warthogs.

Very true. And you know what? Bugs are animals! They're in the Animalia Kingdom!

People kill bugs because there are a fuckton of them and they can be pretty annoying for the most part. Also, it's pretty easy to step on a bug without even realising it. There's some cute bias, sure, but it's more about the quantity of the animal: no matter how many bugs you kill there's still gonna be billions, the same thing happens in places where rabbits are overpopulated, people just kill lots of them

Not me if I see a bug I leave it the fuq alone. My caring for living things basically ends at plants and bacteria.

I clicked on this video because I'm open-minded. I thought really hard and long about this video. The longer conservations help trophy hunters get what they want, the more rich people will start thinking trophy hunting is totally okay. In 2021, there were 56 million people worldwide whose assets were over 1 million US dollars (where 40% of them lived in the United States). To put it simply, if every millionaire in JUST the U.S. decided to pick up trophy hunting as their new past time, the 5,000 rhinos left are screwed. There's always going to be rich people, coming up into the world, decades and decades later. But there's not always going to be a population of 5,000 rhinos. All this does, is *slow* the progression of eventual extinction. Which is admirable, I guess... instead of *not* funding conservations. More needs to be done to actually stop this. Slowing it and stopping it is the difference.

He's basicly the Donald Trump Pepe

Pepe ruins everything

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I was looking for this comment.

He needs to do the pepe face.

And you know were there organs go? That's right black market.

Cliche*

Exactly 50 of them.

My philosophy is that things in life are almost never what you see them as. That's why I don't judge people by what they do to me, maybe they were just feeling particularly irritable one day or depressed another.

Even grey is made up of black and white.

His smugness on this subject that appears to have poorly researched is gross. I lost a lot of respect for him and the show. news.janegoodall.org/2016/06/16/new-report-strikes-blow-trophy-hunting/

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I really hope you can wake up and see that that has the same logic as a hitman giving to charity. It makes no sense, it's just trading lives for no reason.

@@sachinraghavan4556 I really hope you can wake up and see how stupid this sounds. Are you even from Africa? If not, then you won’t even know how we make our money. Many African countries, especially Namibia’s biggest income is hunting. Not tourism but hunting. So if you want people to starve (because the meat from the animal that’s hunted goes to the villagers) then you can ban hunting. It helps with conservation. Also hunters don’t just shoot any animal, they shoot the ones that fits the criteria of the permit, which is mostly old animals that would’ve died in 2 weeks by being eaten alive by hyenas.

@@sachinraghavan4556 if you have any further questions, I will happily answer them for you. Also remember legal hunting is done humanely as possible. We don’t trap animals in cages or with traps, because it lets the animals suffer. Many hunters actually have a big heart, and love animals, because they know so much about them. Like my dad always says “If you do shoot an animal and you don’t feel remorse, then you shouldn’t be a hunter.”

nah

GreenGearMood Ye right dafuq

He died for our sins ;-;

how about 20,000 dollars

jesus returned as Harambe, and this time we shot him :(

I'm gonna slit my throat, and with my last dying breath write "Harambe sux dix" In my own blood. Fuck these memes.

There is one. Think of it this way, if Harambe didn't die, you would never know who Harambe is, his existence would never be appreciated by the world. What do you value more, Harambe? Or the idea of Harambe?

that's why you hunt fully mature animals. If you hunt the animal after it procreates, the gene pool isn't affected.