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What does domestication have to do with the utility of animals for sport hunting? Those are entirely different things. The grizzly, black bear, moose, buffalo,
by avar 10y ago
What does domestication have to do with the utility of animals for sport hunting? Those are entirely different things.
The grizzly, black bear, moose, buffalo, deer, countless bird species etc. can't be domesticated, but they can be hunted without endangering their species as a whole.
- astrodust 10y agoThey're notably not endangered any more than raccoons or skunks are. There's sufficiently large wild populations that limited sport hunting will have a minimal impact on their survival. This is not the same with rare species like elephants, especially those that take decades to fully mature and have extremely complex social structures that are violently disrupted by poaching. Bears and moose are largely independent. Buffalo and deer work in herds, but are constantly victims of predation to keep their numbers in check. Elephants and rhinos do not have a lot of predators other than humans, and the biggest threat to their existence may very well be poachers.