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Thread #150684   Message #3511817
Posted By: GUEST,Eliza
05-May-13 - 10:51 AM
Thread Name: Poachers wipe out Mozambique's rhinos
Subject: RE: Poachers wipe out Mozambique's rhinos
I agree with you Stu about the sadness of the loss of so many beautiful species, and mourn them as much as you do. But until we somehow eradicate the two evils of Poverty and Ignorance from developing countries, people will continue to sell rainforest for oil drilling, and kill rhinos for their horns, and trap gorillas for 'bushmeat' etc. We don't live in their world, so we can hardly judge their actions. I'm passionately interested in all wildlife (except spiders!) and hate to see the destruction of habitat and the uncontrolled killing of animals. But first you have to improve the 'habitat' of the humans and give them no reason to pursue their depredations. They aren't 'f***wits', they're merely trying to live their lives as best they can and get something for their children to eat. You can hardly blame them for that.