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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
We’ve been saying this forever: “Conservationists will probably look to this research as an important confirmation of something that they already believe: that hunting simply allows more animals to be killed while poaching goes on regardless, or even devalues the lives of the animals and thereby increases poaching. This research may not be the definitive word on that, but it still may come into play as wider arguments unfold….At the very least, conservation advocates argue that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has not proved its case that allowing legal hunting will curb poaching in the long term.
It Turns Out Legal Hunting May Actually Increase Animal Poaching | Care2 CausesGovernments in the United States say that legal culling helps to protect wolves from poaching. A new study says that's a lie.