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South Africa reclassifies 33 wild species as farm animals. A list of iconic and in some cases endangered wild animals can now be manipulated as farmin
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SaiyanZ
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At some point humans would need to do this anyway to save some species.
However we are also stopping the natural evolution of prey and predator by breeding them ourselves. Over millions of years, the prey gets faster and/or evolves new ways to survive/avoid being killed and in turn the predators get stronger/faster and evolves new ways to catch prey. So with each generation only the best at surviving and the best at hunting passes on those genes. This natural selection is no longer going to happen if we pick and choose which animals we breed and if we put them in cages they will ultimately lose all the traits that allow them survive in the wild.
However we are also stopping the natural evolution of prey and predator by breeding them ourselves. Over millions of years, the prey gets faster and/or evolves new ways to survive/avoid being killed and in turn the predators get stronger/faster and evolves new ways to catch prey. So with each generation only the best at surviving and the best at hunting passes on those genes. This natural selection is no longer going to happen if we pick and choose which animals we breed and if we put them in cages they will ultimately lose all the traits that allow them survive in the wild.
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Opposition is suspiciously quiet.
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They were not "farm animals" then. Maybe they knew something we didn't at the time
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Great news. Now we just need to get the CITES ban lifted to allow the trade in ivory and we can finally help the species that need it.
Those who cannot see how it benefits the local wildlife are frankly uneducated on the matter. In the 1970s the government made it legal for civilians to own and trade in wild animals. This has resulted in a dramatic increase in the wild game population in SA. At the same time Kenya banned the ownership of wild game... compare Kenya to SA and you will see our numbers went up and their went down. If I recall they have 10% of what they used to.
Now by allowing the artifical insemination of game we can broaden the gene pools to ensure that there is even less chance of inbreeding. Right now game farms make money off animals, and this new law allows them to breed more animals and make more money. And that is how you make the conservation financially beneficial. Argue all you want, but if you provide a financial insentive to do something then people will do it.
Those who cannot see how it benefits the local wildlife are frankly uneducated on the matter. In the 1970s the government made it legal for civilians to own and trade in wild animals. This has resulted in a dramatic increase in the wild game population in SA. At the same time Kenya banned the ownership of wild game... compare Kenya to SA and you will see our numbers went up and their went down. If I recall they have 10% of what they used to.
Now by allowing the artifical insemination of game we can broaden the gene pools to ensure that there is even less chance of inbreeding. Right now game farms make money off animals, and this new law allows them to breed more animals and make more money. And that is how you make the conservation financially beneficial. Argue all you want, but if you provide a financial insentive to do something then people will do it.