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Not having seen the proposal, I fail to see what the problem is. It is well known that we have the capacity to breed endangered species out of endangerment. We’ve done it before. Current regulations make it very difficult to get possession of certain animals; animals that we could breed and increase the populations of.
As a side note, I fail to see how this is President Bush’s fault. No where in the article was he even mentioned.
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actually, it makes it legal to go to other countries to hunt their endangered species (in the natural habitat) and bring them home. Various wild game has been off-limits for importing for quite some time, as decreed as poaching. The saving grace is that the countries, who’s game we will be able to hunt, still consider it poaching. I believe the concept of breeding something out of extinction is a dream in our own minds. The only things that we can safely breed are those who now live in their non-habitat (with the exception of local species – e.g. bald eagle). IMO, the concept of going to hunt bengal tiger for sport, just because we can breed them in zoos is outrageous and unconsciable. Especially given the fact that most zoos can’t provide an adequate habitat for the animals, much less a life even close to their natural habits. As for the Bush part, a couple of other editorials I have read on this have his name on it. CNN tries to keep neutral (on some things), however, the AJC was not so kind and had Bush all over it. I’d be very sorry if he decided it was worth signing.
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The thing does make a lot of “This is very short-sighted….” sort of alarm bells go off in my brain, and I’m normally very much a “technology can solve anything” sort of person. I think what’s bothering me is that I cannot figure out exactly what problem this is meant to solve, and am therefore unable to have any confidence that it will solve it.
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yeah, it does. there’s not really anything it’s supposed to solve. the wildlife group thinks it will solve some of the money problems of 3rd world countries by bringing in more big game tourism, as well as solving the problem of over-population for the countries who’ve over-populated a specific animal. how this relates to the US is beyond me, guess we think we can solve everyone’s problems. damned teenagers.
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We’ve had a crappy time getting *food* to third-world countries in a way that actually helps people. I wonder why pumping money in will be less vulnerable to shrinkage and administrative oversight/overlooking than food is.
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