Dec 22, 2010: Ramming Texas

[Lamplighter]

Seattlepi.com
ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Rule restricts hunting of rare exotic antelopes

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — For years, hundreds of Texas ranchers have made big money on exotic antelopes,
with hunters paying up to $10,000 to bag just one dama gazelle, a rare animal with short horns curving outward.



Starting Wednesday, however, the U.S. government will stop allowing anyone to hunt the dama gazelle
or two other exotic antelopes native to Africa, the addax and the scimitar-horned oryx
— unless ranchers obtain a permit.

The move to give the animals full protection under the federal Endangered Species Act
is being praised by animal-rights groups that abhor such hunts
and has upset the ranchers whose efforts have led to a rise in the numbers of those exotic animals.
The ranchers say they won't be able to afford the upkeep for their antelopes
— but they also can't legally kill the entire herds or release them.
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[Coign]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

The ranchers say they won't be able to afford the upkeep for their antelopes
— but they also can't legally kill the entire herds or release them.

So is the answer then that since the Ranchers can't afford to do upkeep, they just let them starve? Then the animals "die off on their own"?

I hate when hippies go after hunters. Being originally from Minnesota I can tell you with certainty two facts. Minnesota hunters are the BEST animal conservationists. And from knowing loggers that went to school with me, if you love trees, buy paper and use wood. Loggers in Minnesota plant more trees then they cut down.