{"id":749533,"date":"2017-12-14T19:25:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T19:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=749533"},"modified":"2017-12-14T19:25:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T19:25:49","slug":"what-trophy-hunting-does-to-the-elephants-it-leaves-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=749533","title":{"rendered":"What Trophy Hunting Does to the Elephants It Leaves Behind"},"content":{"rendered":"

VIRGINIA MORELL:<\/strong> \u2018The idea that killing more elephants will help save the species is counter-intuitive, and its line of reasoning is difficult for many conservation organizations to support: Let rich hunters pay hefty sums to shoot elephants, and use the money to help conservation efforts and local communities\u2026 The idea that killing more elephants will help save the species is counterintuitive, and its line of reasoning is difficult for many conservation organizations to support: Let rich hunters pay hefty sums to shoot elephants, and use the money to help conservation efforts and local communities\u2026 And then, there is a larger moral question: How does hunting affect male elephants, especially the \u201cbig tuskers\u201d that hunters want, and the overall population?\u2026 While hunters in the past have used the belief that older males are reproductively senile as an argument for killing them for their ivory, research has revealed that they are in fact an elephant population\u2019s primary breeders. \u201cBy living to an older age, [older males show that] they have the traits for longevity and good health to pass on to their offspring,\u201d Moss said. \u201cKilling these males compromises the next generation of the population\u201d.\u2019<\/em> SOURCE\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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