Lighter side of Tuesday
Well, if you are reading this, apparently we all survived the eclipsolypse and the world is still turning. Accordingly, we turn to one of our most discussed topics: heffalumps elephants.
A few years back, Botswana bowed to pressure from pro-wildlife (read: anti-hunting ) zealots who claimed the wildlife was disappearing and something must be done. Naturally, having a typical government, the folks who passed the laws didn’t talk to villagers or hunters who actually had experience on the subject, and banned all trophy hunting. A few quotes on the subject:
The ban on trophy hunting had an adverse impact as highlighted by various data sources. We therefore set out in 2018 to study the impact of the ban of trophy hunting on local communities.
Participants said they’d lost income as a result of the trophy hunting ban. The study didn’t focus on determining how much or what percentage was lost. Participants said the ban also led to more instances of human-wildlife conflict.
In addition, community members said wild animals were a risk to their livelihoods as they were a danger to livestock and crop production.
Community tourism benefits from trophy hunting are more pronounced in smaller communities. The Conversation
Well, after 5 years the Botswana government realized that their animal population not only was not vanishing, it was a bit of a pain. More animals in less area (due to human encroachment) means more damaged crops and more unfavorable interactions. An elephant consumes about 150 kg of biomass (call it from 35 trees) A DAY. conbio.online Botswana has seen its elephant population grow to about 130,000 (out of an estimated population WW of around 400,000. Call it about 19,500,000 kilos of food daily. So they weren’t happy that the PETA/Green “oh, Dumbo is so adorable!” types in Germany decided to get righteous about poaching, which has as much to do with trophy hunting as necrophilia has to do with a funeral. So Germany is banning trophy importation.
Earlier this year Germany’s environment ministry, which is headed up by Steffi Lemke of the Green party, raised the possibility of stricter limits on the import of hunting trophies due to poaching concerns.
Masisi told Bild that Germany’s Green party could learn to cohabitate with elephants without hunting them.
Seems to me they are..but at essentially 40,000,000 pounds of feed a day in a country whose GNP is about $17 billion annually – that is an expensive cohabitation. May be little money to our politicians who seem to suck up that much in bribes and perks monthly, but to Botswana it’s a lot. Luckily, Botswana’s President Masisi offers up a solution:
”It is very easy to sit in Berlin and have an opinion about our affairs in Botswana. We are paying the price for preserving these animals for the world – and even for Lemke’s party,” Masisi said.
Germans should try to “live together with the animals, in the way you are trying to tell us to,” he added.
So Botswana has offered to send 20,000 elephants to Germany. Germans should try to “live together with the animals, in the way you are trying to tell us to,” he added. CNN
I asked my wife how they could possibly send that many elephants…that’s a lot of planes or ships. Her response? “COD”.
Category: Good Idea Fairy
That’s nothing, You should see what’s going on in Tanzania. They’re kicking Farmers and ranchers off of their farms and ranches to put up eco tourist reserves. You could get your picture taken with the elephant while sitting in a Starbucks on the preserve.
Hey, it’s only farming… anyone can do that right! It’s not like you need a lot of land or anything… the supermarkets are full, it must be ok! 😉
But let’s not forget the eclipse. When Whoopi Goldberg is the smartest one in the room, oh boy.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-views-sunny-hostin-blames-eclipse-earthquake-cicadas-climate-change
We are doomed…
That’s not climate change, that’s the apocalypse.
Proof “Idiocracy’s” predictions are running far ahead of schedule.
I saw this for the Navy’s LinkedIn on a post today:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/us-navy_usnavy-readiness-activity-7183524089930633217-C7hq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
Ensuing comments are hilarious.
Just saw a video from VSO Gun Channel on this.
(non-Vet, but good 2A stuff)
Good thing the Navy has stand-off distances (in most circumstances).
Maybe Germany can breed in a little of that Mastodon DNA that the Russians were cloning so the Elephants don’t freeze! Germany gets a little bit colder than Botswana that I remember.
Hold my beer C. Donlon says – US environmental idiot and would-be godlet in 2005 wanted to save the animals like elephants by introducing them to North America.
My take on it – https://annapuna.blogspot.com/2005/08/no-room-for-homo-sapiens.html
We already have elephants in North America. Look no further than your local Commissary this coming Saturday morning.
No no no, Hack Stone is confused. What you see in the commissary is the North American Dependapotamus.
Finally, a government official is willing to talk about the “elephant in the room”.
🥴😜😭
I see what you did there, Hack Stone. Neither of The Ringling Bros, nor Messrs Barnum and Bailey were available for comment.
Is that WaterTown N.Y?
No. All-Points Logistics.
It’s a creative representation of Phildo (aka: Phil Monkress) mounting and butt slamming the American taxpayer.
One should not hunt elephants. Period.
Right …. two are better. You need a gunbearer.
I get the humor. I will give you that.
Back in the day I read Peter Hathaway Capstick’s “Death in the Long Grass”. It was about the man killers of Africa. Dumbo was right up there along with lions, leopards and Cape Buffalo,,,
I read excerpts from it in American Hunter Magazine many years ago. Great read! There were segments of Fin Agard back then as well.
Hippos kill more people in Africa every year than any other animal. So, I have read.
“Once I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How it got into my pajamas I’ll never know.”
Thank you Groucho🤣🤣
That’s nothing!
I once shot a bear with a revolver.
where do you suppose a bear got a revolver?