A farmer wants to harvest more corn from a field so he grows more plants. But he doesn’t get more corn. Why? More plants diminished the nutrients that each received, lessening production. In other words, he couldn’t grow more corn because his field had a finite carrying capacity. Farmers understand this.
So do wildlife managers. That’s why we have hunting seasons for deer, turkey, and other game. That’s also one of the main reasons that big game hunting is allowed in Africa.
I mention this for two reasons:
1. The furor that Kendall Jones has created recently among “animal lovers” by posting photos of her big game kills in Africa.
2. These same people, who know nothing about wildlife management and ecological balance, would like nothing better than to prohibit both hunting and recreational fishing worldwide.
And they are hateful, malicious, and unrelenting in their zeal and ignorance.
A tweet (now deleted) from singer Diane Warren: “I wish someone would hunt that texas cheerleader bitch animal murderer and hang her head in a lions den. But what do I really think…— Diane Warren”
A petition at Change.org to ban Jones from Africa collected more than 100,000 signatures with this incredibly naïve concept of wildlife management:
“Kendall Jones is an American-born hunter who has entered the continent and has been hunting African wildlife under the facade of conservation. She has publicly stated that she hopes to have a television hunting show and she is using endangered and helpless African animals as a stepping stone to further her popularity on social media platforms . . .
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