Seriously? A lion?

[Benton]

(08-07-2015, 03:19 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Wouldn't have a better idea of local impact?   Not saying the guides shouldn't be fined and punished.   Or saying the dentist shouldnt be fined or possibly not allowed to travel to zimbabwe any longer.    

There are people who get upset when they kill pythons here in Florida.   But if you ask most down here we are all in favor of killing as many pythons as you can kill.      Why?  Because they Attack children and pets.

To the bold, you have a species necessary to the ecosystem that has low enough populations and habitat to be on the endangered species list, illegally killed; versus (as has already been said) a non-native invasive species that can endanger the rest of the ecosystem. Completely a bad example.

It's like the Asian carp we have here. Horrible time getting rid of the things. Nobody gets upset when they have a tournament and pull out a few tons of carp and throw it away, because it's destroying the rest of the habitat. But they're an invasive species that wouldn't be here in the first place if it wasn't for fish farms trying to breed them for profit and then dumping them when that failed.