• @WhatAmLemmy
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    341 year ago

    While I like the idea of every poacher being neutralised, I also understand that the “poach police” may intentionally/inadvertently kill innocents with their blanket immunity; plus many poachers may be poor af hired-guns that aren’t the actual source or root cause for the market, and may not dent the trade at all… Hope I’m wrong.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 year ago

      I also understand that the “poach police” may intentionally/inadvertently kill innocents with their blanket immunity;

      Is there any evidence that that has been happening? (This article is from 2017, and it mentions “more than 20” poachers being killed in 2015, but doesn’t mention any non-poachers being killed, which it seems it would have, given it’s talking about the downsides.)

      While I agree that taking the fight to the people financing the poaching, reducing the number of poachers - and providing a very clear disincentive for other “poor af” hired-guns to take up the mantle - could still help.

      Personally, I don’t think any implied sanctity of human life extends to people who are killing endangered animals for profit.