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 Originally Posted by Poopadoop
A ban means fewer Americans will go to Africa to kill elephants because they can't bring back trophies.
Lifting the ban means Don Jr. can go and kill some elephants and bring back their heads to add to his collection of large animals he's bravely killed.
What do you think it means?
Thanks for the response, and thanks for asking.
An increase in desire for trophies increases the desire for the animals, thereby incentivizing increasing and protecting the populations. A ban has an antithetical effect: reducing the desire for trophies, reducing the desire for the animals, and reducing the desire to increase and protect the populations.
There is a wealth of history of this playing out, and it is an area where there is little disagreement among economists.
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