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Zimbabwe unveils plans to slaughter excess elephants for dried meat
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| 01/04/08
Posted on 01/07/2008 6:02:59 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Well, now that the elephants are in danger, the Zimbabwe situation will at last get some western media coverage. Anderson Cooper to the rescue...
To: TigerLikesRooster
“honey, would you please pass the biltong?”
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:06:03 PM PST
by
robomatik
(thompson/hunter '08)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Let’s see, their chicken industry was destroyed when the government seized poultry operations to slaughter for the stores to prove that meat could still be purchased, they wiped out what was left of their cattle industry because producers were ‘gouging’ by charging less than what it cost to feed the animals, and now they’re moving onto elephants.
Who knows, perhaps this will be, finally, the straw that breaks the media silence on the corruption there, but I sincerely doubt it.
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:08:15 PM PST
by
kingu
(Fred08 - The Constitution is the value I'm voting for. What value are you voting for?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
CITES has partly relaxed the ivory trade ban for South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana.
this is probably more about Ivory than jerky.
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:08:28 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
The word “biltong” is the equivalent of “jerky” in the USA. You can have elephant biltong, or deer biltong, or gazelle biltong, etc.
Point being, I got no point, but the animal population in south Sudan exploded during the last 10 years of civil war, it’s possible that the same is happening in Zimbabwe.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Socialism - it destroys the environment while capitalism saves it (much to the chagrin of liberals)
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:13:56 PM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Generally, when certain animals begin to be slaughtered for food their numbers increase.
That probably isn’t going to happen here.
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:14:46 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
How can there be excess, when they are on the endangered species list?
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:14:50 PM PST
by
doc1019
(Rabbit and the Hare … Fred ‘08)
To: Balding_Eagle
Until you reach the point of diminishing returns.
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:18:33 PM PST
by
doc1019
(Rabbit and the Hare … Fred ‘08)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Mmmm, memories of my youth.
To: doc1019
Until you reach the point of diminishing returns. What do you mean?
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:28:33 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: doc1019
How can there be excess, when they are on the endangered species list? There can be local excesses due to favorable enviromental conditions in those areas. The endangered species list is determined by worldwide populations.
To: TigerLikesRooster
PETA will be as quiet as a church mouse. The Zimbabwe government will do away with those cowards and there won’t be a peep...so PETA will stay away...
To: Balding_Eagle
When there is a less than profitable margin because of diminished numbers. Basic economics.
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:35:01 PM PST
by
doc1019
(Rabbit and the Hare … Fred ‘08)
To: vetvetdoug
At the rate Mugabe is going, Zimbabwe will run out of people before it runs out of elephants.
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:37:47 PM PST
by
spectre
To: americanophile
Well, now that the elephants are in danger, the Zimbabwe situation will at last get some western media coverage.That's an excellent point. I hadn't considered it.
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:42:41 PM PST
by
BfloGuy
(It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
To: doc1019
What has generally happened as people began to eat an animal is that demand has increased, more of the animals were bred and raised to keep up with the demand.
For example, the Holstein cow, raised for both milk and slaughter, Angus cattle, for it’s high quality meats. The pig, sheep, and so on.
The animals weren’t eaten out of existance. In fact, being eaten for food is quite likely what saved them.
It is different here, with the interference of a mad dictator economics aren’t going to be a factor, basic survival will be.
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:47:58 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
How many elephants are left on the continent?
To: americanophile
Well, now that the elephants are in danger, the Zimbabwe situation will at last get some western media coverage. Anderson Cooper to the rescue...Shirley, you jest.
The left will turn their heads and continue to bitch about baby seals and whales. Africans want to kill elephants and sell elephant jerky? Let them, will be their attitude.
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posted on
01/07/2008 6:57:48 PM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(Jay Grodner stands accused of keying a Marine's car. He's also a lawyer.)
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