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Post by therizinosaurus on Aug 9, 2009 15:10:50 GMT
Why wipe out turtles, like we almost did to the Buffalo?We farm other meat sources like cows, pigs, chickens, turkey and fish. Wouldn't they be able to do that with turtles? It isn't a popular tradition to breed any sort of reptile simply for food, so I guess they feel hunting them to extinction is less costly. I don't think people are consciously deciding "Hey, I'm gonna go hunt turtles to extinction by eating them". If it is a custom for a certain ethnicity, then it's going to be difficult to have people change their ways. I know for example some animals have "medicinal" purposes to people, so they feel that eating them is more important than the conservation of the species. CCM and Tyrannax, I'm not disagreeing that it's awful that these species are being hunted close to extinction, but I don't think the argument should be over simplified. (and I think I'll start another topic in general so as not to derail the invicta thread further.)
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Post by kuni on Aug 9, 2009 17:06:40 GMT
It is a simple argument: if your tradition involves eating endangered species it's stupid and you should stop.
Particularly if the "medicine" isn't proven and is just a cultural artifact.
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Post by therizinosaurus on Aug 9, 2009 17:22:40 GMT
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