Wow I hate the author of the article. It's trying too hard to forgive the poachers. It's true that they are poor people living a difficult lives, not the kingpins etc... They're still the ones deciding to kill a noble and innocent animal that need to be protected to save the future of their whole specie for uncertain personal gains. I have little to no empathy for them. How people people lile that there is ? How many rhinos are left ? How many will be left if everyone like him do the same ?
Revenge killing a hyena and entering a national park to hunt protected specimens is put on the same level here.
0 empathy for animals overall, max empathy for poachers. Fuck the author
Actually itâs a common myth. Animal parts is big business. These people arenât always poor or struggling. But rather just like drug dealers trying to make it rich on living beings
Yes they are degenerates. Thereâs other outcomes when faced even with abject suffering than to cause more suffering. People do the more difficult thing all the time. Thereâs no excuse for murdering endangered animals. Literally fuck them Id rather them starve. But they donât, they get paid well.
If youâve ever lived in the hood, youâd know that dealers have few options and opportunities. Working fast food in a neighborhood that is being gentrified with costs rising doesnât work. Once youâre in the system (which happens when youâre poor), you arenât getting a job with the mark of a criminal record. Itâs a bad comparison.
The article also says the syndicates coerce locals into poaching for them with threats of violence to their families. These takes are completely delusional (not yours, but the ones acting like preservationism and conservationism are some moral high ground over someone in a situation they have the privilege of never experiencing.)
Well I wasnât necessarily talking about American drug dealers just the concept that lots of people sell drugs to gain actual wealth like Cartels. Not trying to survive drug dealers. Iâve dealt drugs idc about drug dealers. Poachers are scum and worse is what I meant
Yeah they seem to be taking a "don't hate the player, hate the game" approach which is fucking stupid. It was either this or an article from the Sun, so I went with the lesser of two evils.
They're not in survival stage though. Like the article said, it's about "feeding their family for decades" and "sending their daughter to study".
That's the stage after survival, it's building for the futur. And if you're willing to trample others to build your futur you're a bad person, simple as that
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u/I_Am_Become_Salt 8h ago
Especially when they also intentionally trampled a pair of poachers who were attempting to kill a rhino near the herd