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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 2776664" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Not sure where your getting your numbers. There are over 26,000 Rhino's in Africa. Easily searched for on the internet. The problem with Rhino's is the poaching for the Chinese market that only wants their nose horn that is thought to be an aphrodisiac. Poachers kill them, remove the horn and leave the carcass in the middle of the night. THAT is the Rhino's problem, not hunters. There are strict laws about legal hunting of Rhino's. Only the old that can no longer breed are allowed to be legally taken and the cost to take one can run into a million dollars. The money goes to conservation of the Rhino's, poaching patrols by private security and game wardens, treating sick animals, and creating habitat for those animals. </p><p></p><p>Elephants are not endangered at all. There are over 300,000 elephants alive and well in Central Africa alone. Again, easily searched for on the internet.</p><p>They are not on any endangered list overall.</p><p></p><p>Lions are having some trouble. West Africa has very few lions. Most have been killed by Africans that are losing animals, and the farms are taking away their habitat. Its not hunting, its human encroachment into the lions territory. </p><p>It is important to know the fact that the number of lion attacks has increased significantly since 1990 in Tanzania alone. Believe it or not, more than 563 Tanzanians were killed and 308 persons were injured by lions in that time. Keep in mind the fact that the lion attacks are most common in rural areas during harvest time. The main idea is that farmers sleep in their fields in makeshift huts to protect their crops from bush pigs when they are attacked.</p><p></p><p>I'd hope you do some honest research to confirm what I've posted, and not rely on false information put out by liberals that have an agenda to ban hunting and guns, and not necessarily in that order.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 2776664, member: 5412"] Not sure where your getting your numbers. There are over 26,000 Rhino's in Africa. Easily searched for on the internet. The problem with Rhino's is the poaching for the Chinese market that only wants their nose horn that is thought to be an aphrodisiac. Poachers kill them, remove the horn and leave the carcass in the middle of the night. THAT is the Rhino's problem, not hunters. There are strict laws about legal hunting of Rhino's. Only the old that can no longer breed are allowed to be legally taken and the cost to take one can run into a million dollars. The money goes to conservation of the Rhino's, poaching patrols by private security and game wardens, treating sick animals, and creating habitat for those animals. Elephants are not endangered at all. There are over 300,000 elephants alive and well in Central Africa alone. Again, easily searched for on the internet. They are not on any endangered list overall. Lions are having some trouble. West Africa has very few lions. Most have been killed by Africans that are losing animals, and the farms are taking away their habitat. Its not hunting, its human encroachment into the lions territory. It is important to know the fact that the number of lion attacks has increased significantly since 1990 in Tanzania alone. Believe it or not, more than 563 Tanzanians were killed and 308 persons were injured by lions in that time. Keep in mind the fact that the lion attacks are most common in rural areas during harvest time. The main idea is that farmers sleep in their fields in makeshift huts to protect their crops from bush pigs when they are attacked. I'd hope you do some honest research to confirm what I've posted, and not rely on false information put out by liberals that have an agenda to ban hunting and guns, and not necessarily in that order. [/QUOTE]
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