Many aspects of the blessed activity for the preservation of nature do not all fit in with the point of view of the animal lovers and the various organizations that try to represent "humaneness" in relation to animals, domestic animals on the one hand and/or wild animals, since a "humane" attitude does not always correspond to the course of life in nature and certainly not to the needs Nature conservation
Preservation of nature and the environment is not a simple or easy issue and certainly cannot be based on feelings... good and positive as they may be sometimes the "keeper" must consider the benefit and need of preserving one species by harming/diluting another species.
cownose rays is the popular name of a "sea cat" species. Rhinoptera bonasus the "cats" arrive in the spring in the Chesapeake Bay where oysters are grown for food. The concentration of oysters attracts the "cats" as they feed on shellfish by "floating" close to the bottom of the sea, collecting shellfish, crushing the shell and eating the tasty contents, an activity that causes damage to the oyster fishery.
The fishermen claim that due to the artificial cultivation of oysters in the bay, the population of the "cats" has grown far beyond the carrying capacity of their natural habitat, a claim that after an examination was accepted by the experts since, in addition to culinary use, the oysters are also filters for pollutants that reach their environment and thus contribute to the cleanliness of the water. Therefore, it was decided to thin out the population of "cats" by a fisherman when the specimens are sold to restaurants, in order to give financial cover to the activity engaged in marketing/advertising the new delicacy for diners' palates, the advertisement tries to compare the taste of the "cats" to shark fins and thus serve two purposes, one is keeping On the oyster towers and the second additional protection for the endangered shark population. The catfish is a beautiful and interesting fish, but when considering the need to preserve nature, it becomes clear that its population must be thinned.
The Yukon River Delta in Alaska is a wintering and nesting area for hundreds of waterfowl species, one of which is a small goose called in Hebrew Branta (black) black_branta -jpg.jpg.
The Brenta spends the winter in Mexico and during the nesting season / in the summer it nests in the Yukon Delta. Due to many different factors the population of the Brenta is decreasing. Recently it became clear that one of the main factors is the multiplication of arctic foxes. These recognized the "restaurant" that opens every summer at the mouth of the Yukon and come en masse to "celebrate" a celebration whose results are disastrous for the population of the Brenta. Therefore, the nature conservation authorities in Alaska decided to carry out a controlled hunt every summer to thin out the fox population. When animal lovers without background and information will be asked to choose between the goose and the fox: beautiful, graceful, furry and so on... It is clear that the choice will be ... a fox.
Environmentalists and nature guards must see the overall picture and according to this picture the conclusion is different
The trade in rare animals is considered one of the factors in the extinction of birds with colorful feathers, reptiles of all kinds, fish from coral reefs, mammals that are pleasant to pet. Everyone is in demand among animal "lovers" the demand is mostly met by: robbing natural habitats and destroying them.
The people of one of the departments of the international division of the United Nations for the protection of the environment are busy day and night trying to prevent and thwart habitat robbery, trade and hunting of "exotic" animals designed to satisfy the demand for pets, but there is also another kind of animal trade, a trade that comes With the intention and intended to help preserve nature...
This is a trade between private or official bodies in which animals of different species (mainly large mammals) pass by immediately, when the sellers are the breeders or owners of private areas and nature reserves, while the buyers are zoos and mainly owners of farms and large areas that convert their farms from agricultural areas to closed "reserves" . A wildlife auction recently took place in Namibia. The animals being sold came from reserves (of the state) where it was necessary to thin out populations. The buyers were mainly ranchers who wish to populate their farms with wild animals and thus enter the tourism industry, as well as reserve owners interested in "new blood" in their reserves.
For sale: rhinoceros (short-lipped), buffalo, roan antelope, sable antelope, impala (black-faced). Except for the buffaloes, they are all considered rare species. The profit from the sale was about one and a half million dollars, money that goes directly to the needs of nature conservation in Namibia.
If we add to this the fact that every year hunters pay millions of dollars for the "right" to hunt wild animals, when most of the money is directed to the needs of nature conservation and the needs of the communities around the reserves, as much as things do not seem "humane", in a world where the environment is disturbed by Humanity has no choice but to let the feelings of the "humane" and act in an informed, calculated and logical manner and with all the "animal lovers" forgiveness.
Dr. Assaf Rosenthal
Tour guide/leader in Africa and South America
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A compilation of Dr. Assaf Rosenthal's articles on the Hidan site
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