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Originally Posted by Justus
So what the country of Zimbabwe objects to is not Legal Trophy Hunting, but Illegal Poaching by their own people. So the issue is not, in their eyes, what is happening to their "endangered" animal populations, as has been repeatedly stressed in this thread, but simply the taking of game on which they could not exact their own cut of the profits. Sounds as though this entire thread about poor Cecil is all about the money after all.
Not to put too fine a point on it, if ugly Americans are taking 400 trophies a year at $50,000 a head, the leader of Zimbabwe, who was eating the baby elephant and other exotic species to celebrate his 91st birthday, wants more of that $20 Million. And I'm sure with all that revenue, he'll be feeding all the starving children in his country. Whew! Now I can sleep at night!
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