• @dansity@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    202 years ago

    Poverty hardly justifies crime. It is a cause not a justification. They are still poachers doing illegal hunting for protected animal on protected land. Also poaching is rather lucrative, even if the government raises income 200% poaching will still stand out.

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      122 years ago

      yeah no if I can feed my starving family by killing some animal I would take that in a heartbeat. In contrast, if I can work in a factory and make enough to live decently I’m not going into the woods to try and kill something that can kill me back and risking getting into trouble with the law. Have fun in perfect actor land where you live though.

      • @dansity@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        02 years ago

        They can choose to hunt deer or I don’t know monkey to feed their family or even steal food. All justified. Poaching is extremely lucrative. Its like saying I’m robbing my sixth bank because I’m poor. They are not eating the rhino. I’m not OK with gunning these people but it is a shit act even if you are poor

    • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]
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      52 years ago

      Hunting is perfectly normal and has been a key to human survival since the dawn of man. It’s suddenly immoral because some capitalist country said so?

      Rethink what crime is.

      • @Gork@lemm.ee
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        62 years ago

        There’s a bit of a difference between hunting a gazelle for its meat and another for poaching an endangered rhino for its horn.

        • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]
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          Because otherwise rich people won’t get to see them on safari.

          No animal life is inherently more valuable than one another. The concept is absurd and so full of contradictions.

          I’m not about to cheer the violent murder of a human being to preserve a fucking safari.

          • ɠισƚԋҽϝʅσɯ
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            Nah fuck humans. The worst animals of them all. I wont advocate violence but I wont shed a tear over a dead poacher nor rich horn buyers. Humans can just make more humans, with ease. Rhinos aint never called me bad names. Im im the Rhinos corner.

            • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Eco fascist drivel.

              You’ll be cheering when they start killing climate refugees in a couple decades

              “Crossing the border is illegal!!!”

    • Fuckass [none/use name]
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      32 years ago

      Do you really think the poachers surrounded by wild animals that can kill them and ‘animal loving’ deaths squads are living lavishly and eating lobster and steak dinners?