re: #264 BongCrodny

“Up is down,” Jones further explained.

There is proper argument and sound evidence for periodic culling of populations to maximize their health within a specific population in a specific geographic area and it is often done to control particularly game populations. That’s what these advertised and no doubt costly hunts sell to make it palatable to those who are looking for any excuse to murder a big, bad beauties just so they can say that they did.

It is not, however, sound practice to ensure an endangered species survival. The only way to maximize a species chances for continued survival is to increase range, even artificially by placing captured animals in new territories where they can build new populations. When all of a species numbers are in too tight of a group or area, one good disaster or disease can wipe them out in a heartbeat.

Every individual animal is of priceless value if the true intent is to maximize a species survival. The culling thing is $$$ first.