Tag: free market environmentalism
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Protecting Endangered Species to Extinction
CBS News: Can hunting endangered animals save the species? This is a fascinating piece about bringing endangered species back from extinction through the use of property rights … in Texas. Some background … By Mid-Twentieth Century, elephants were endangered in Africa. Hunters hunted them vigorously. Locals viewed them as oversized rodents that frequently destroyed their…
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Shoot an Elephant, Save a Community
The following graph comes from Mark Perry at Carpe Diem. Perry is referencing this article, Shoot an Elephant, Save a Community. … Like many environmental groups, PETA is all about the "anti." In this case, it is anti-hunting. Its supporters rally against causes with easily identifiable "bad guys" such as corporations and hunters like Bob…
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A cheaper plan to stop poachers: Give them real jobs
Christian Science Monitor: A cheaper plan to stop poachers: Give them real jobs Mfuwe, Zambia – Jimmy Mbewe spent six-and-a-half years in prison after he was caught illegally killing an elephant outside South Luangwa National Park here in eastern Zambia. Poverty drove the father of nine to wander the bush evading wildlife scouts to shoot…