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Why is this relevant?
by whymauri 8y ago
Why is this relevant?
- crushcrashcrush 8y agoBecause it’s an important detail to the story. Where is the demand coming from?
- whymauri 8y agoSorry, the tone seemed accusatory in your original post. As if the US and Europe were somehow morally above poaching, but I understand that is not the intention.
- babyslothzoo 8y agoYou work at MIT and you're asking why questions are relevant?
- RobertRoberts 8y agoI think it could be reworded like this: "Does anyone know if they are catching the criminals that steal the animals, and where they are being exported to?" Unfortunately, this would likely devolving into arguments similar to the plastic pollution in the ocean. When we know it's all the same countries doing the crimes, it looks like some kind of racism or stereotyping. So either we ignore who the culprits are or we can be mature and civily discuss why these same country's culture seem to thrive on certain consistent destructive behaviors.
- droithomme 8y ago> the plastic pollution in the ocean I read in the press that the Philippines is one of the primary producers of plastic pollutants that doom the oceans. Example: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47608949 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47608949 It's an amazing claim that that modest sized country was the source of much of the global problems given that plastic bags and six-pack rings etc are routinely used across the globe. Maybe it's true. Perhaps Filipinos are vastly more likely to discard plastic bags than most of the rest of the world. But how were these assessments and rankings really made?