Obligatory link to one of the most thought provoking Radio Lab episodes I've listed to: http://www.radiolab.org/story/rhino-hunter/ http://www.radiolab.org/stor

Obligatory link to one of the most thought provoking Radio Lab episodes I've listed to: http://www.radiolab.org/story/rhino-hunter/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/rhino-hunter/ Corey Knowlton was eloquent, made his point well, and really made me reconsider my conservation views in light of my opinions about how the world actually works. tl;dr: Without an economic justification, species are destined to go extinct. Ecologically managed trophy hunting (e.g. culling older animals) provides one such incentive. Hand wringing and then subsequently forgetting about {insert endangered news species of the day} provides zero incentive.