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SS107.9MHz · 09-08-08, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Von Tonner

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Originally Posted by SS107.9Mhz

I doubt it, there's still to be proved that any predatorial species should be controlled by huntng... Predators vary directly with the avaiability of preys and competition with other predators, sometimes there may be a need to control large herbivore groups like elephant populaions in africa, but there is not one single case I am aware of, of there being a need to contol a predator population, because their racio is naturally very low... The only times that there can be a unbalanced number of predators is when human interaction (by means of food abundance - live stock, landfills - or when there's over exploration on the same prey the predators ussually hunt - in wich case predator numbers plummet almost immediattly) since there isn't much livestock production in Alaska, or so i've perceived, the wolf and bear hunting most likely turns out to be for sports.

You know it amazes me that there are some who argue that a countries resources are exclusive to outside interference. If, (and I use the word lightly as I do not know) Polar Bears are endangered then I'm sorry, it is not an exclusive matter to Palin or the USA. The USA does not allow ANY spotted skin such as Leopard or Cheetah to be brought into the country simply because they are on the endangered list of CITES. The USA is a member of this international body. So. if we (SA) had a politician, or as a country, told the world (and posters on forums

) to sod off, we are going to shoot leopards, elephants, lions, cheetahs etc,as we see fit - do you not think that would be highly irresponsible to the world community at large? Do you not want your children's children to be given the opportunity to see an elephant in the wilds, a pack of lions on the hunt, a cheetah speeding across the plains or a polar bear rumbling across the pack ice? If you shrug your shoulders and say "So what" - IMO, not only do you have no heart, you have no compassion for your dumb friends of this planet whose only hope for survival for many of them is if we care enough.

Can't agree with you more, Spain and Portugal are a vital part of the migration routes of a butloads of bird species, many endangered,and here they're somewhat protected, and then when they reach north coast of africa, or corsica and sicilly they're slaughtered because either they don't have laws about it or simply don't give a rat's arse about them...