Now this is completely unacceptable when we are facing devastating losses with these magnificent creatures 😭💔 
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People don’t seriously still do this do they ? Genuinely shocked..
They absolutely do, sadly!
As cheetahs are incredibly fast, the hunters tend to knee cap them in order to stop them from running so fast before shooting them completely.
Abhorrent 😭
If it were not for hunting and the business financial interest in their conservation they would be gone already.
Do you honestly think that hunting these creatures is keeping the conversation alive? Really?
Yes, I do.
In Africa, the legal hunting of animals significantly contributes to conservation efforts. The revenue generated from hunting permits is crucial for funding the security measures required to deter poachers and for acquiring additional land to expand wildlife territories.
Occasionally, conservation programs authorize the hunting of aggressive male animals. These males often pose a threat to the survival of young cubs, viewing them as competitors. Allowing hunters to target these aggressive males serves a dual purpose: it protects the cubs and generates funds for the conservation parks.
The issue is not as black and white as it might seem. Although the practice of hunting might be controversial, it appears to be yielding a net positive effect on animal conservation.
Simply untrue, I feel sorry for you that you believe it. 
Sure, you can feel sorry for me. I just think it's too bad you aren't willing to dig deeper into the issue.
Banning the importation of hunting trophies is actively hurting animal conservation efforts.
If anything, this shows how the free market and property rights are much more effective at protecting animal species than governments.
https://www.perc.org/2019/07/18/the-role-of-hunting-in-conserving-african-wildlife/
I have dug deeper into this, I have a website dedicated to wildlife sanctuaries and their work.
This is what they want you to think, have you actually spent time on the ground in these countries and spoken firsthand with many wildlife conservations and charities?
Canned hunting is the biggest threat as well, not to me the human and wildlife conflicts that happen regularly.
Feel free to send me some material to look over. I'm an open minded person, and love to be proven wrong.
Unfortunately, all I've been provided with so far is a picture with words on it, and "trust me, you're wrong".
Honestly, as someone who seems to care a lot about this, you're doing a fairly poor job of changing anyone's mind, right now. Not trying to be a dick, just letting you know.
I wouldn’t bother wasting my time with someone claiming to be ‘open minded’ as you seem quite the opposite.
And you are being a dick, I have never once said ‘trust me you’re wrong’.
I do.
No photo safari will yield $3300 for a single animal...
These businesses(Professional Hunters) have an interest in maintaining the populations of these animals.
The locals would have poatched them to extenction long ago if it were not for trophy hunters.
Altruism alone will not prevent the loss of these animals. The incentives need to be aligned.
Is that why their numbers are declining.
I wont pretend to be an expert, but im sure habitat loss plays a bigger part than hunting.
You’re no expert you say, but you’re ‘sure’? Contradicting yourself.
Not looking for a fight, just providing an alterate point of view.
Have a great day!
Maybe reading these ‘actual fact’s may give you a better understanding
Ya that truly breaks my heart
Oh 🤦🏻♀️ I’ll dress up as a Cheetah and allow people to hunt me down with laser tags. Why can’t humanity just do right? Look at the world. 🤷🏻♀️
The more awareness the more positive steps forward.
In colonial times, White people told Africans what they could and couldn't do with their own land and fauna.
In modern times, they still try to.
The alternative to hunt tourism is not frolicking Disney animations, it is livestock ranching and poisoning predators.
Because the human population wants to survive, prosper and advance themselves. Cheetahs optional.
If White people don't want to be part of Africa's future, and least they should stop trying to relive Africa's past.
Do you think I’m trying to tell Africans what to do with their land here?
When you put it that bluntly, yes, I do.
The history of African resistance to British Colonial rule is overwhelming a history of resistance to British sustainability and conservation laws. Especially those affecting livestock ranching, like stock limits on grazing, and the creation of National Parks and Reserves.
I may disagree with Africans' decisions , but I don't disagree with their right to make them.
I’m trying to be a voice for the wildlife here, someone needs to speak up for them.
I know a (White South African) ecologist who has done a lot of work in Namibia and Botswana.
Its important to highlight alternatives to culling and livestock ranching, but it is an all-options-on-table situation. Africans do not want to be the ones giving up economic opportunities just to preserve animals widely hated and feared.
Most of these animals are not as you put it ‘widely hated and feared’.
Should we allow them to further edge towards extinction, and maybe inform generations that we did nothing to protect them?
Would be interesting to see how much their economic system collapses once tourism ceases due to no wildlife in the country.
They can however work together with the local communities in order to protect their farming practices as well as also preventing wildlife and human conflicts.
Everything you said there could have been a quote from an 1800s British proclamation.
I don't understand the spiritual, social and economic centrality of cattle-ranching in Bantu life. Neither do you.
These are not OUR decisions to make. They are for Africans to make.
My friend has helped try to persuade Africans that extinction is a thing that can happen, and that it can happen from purely material rather than spiritual actions. This is a bizarre belief to hold from an authentic African point of view. But money helps buy, if not belief, then at least compliance.
And increasingly-educated African leaders can be persuaded by dollars and business plans, not just traditional beliefs.
Our job is to get out of the way, and stop taking money off their tables.
You are making assumptions here, speak for yourself on what you do or do not understand.
You cannot speak for me as you do not know me or know what I know or what I understand, and I will not get out of the way.
And if you don’t like what I say or post, then free yourself and unfollow me!
I'm feeling quite vindicated in my assumptions there.
But I'm not going to unfollow you - nostr is great for encountering viewpoints other than our own.
Thank you for the frank exchange of viewpoints, and will see you 'round
You may find some of the reports on this website interesting as a different viewpoint from yours.