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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
There is a wealth of history of this playing out, and it is an area where there is little disagreement among economists.
citation needed
Seemed to have the opposite effect on dodo birds, wild buffolos, the passanger pidgeon, tasmanian tiger, white rhinos and a couple hundred other species.
500 tons of ivory were imported to London annually before the ban on ivory trade. Elephant population dropped from 25 million to well under 1 million during the industrialization of the ivory trade. Thanks to massive conservation efforts the population is now stable, if only a fraction of what it once was. Wildlife rangers and animal protectionists get murdered every year by ivory traders and poachers.
Another good reason to ban elephant trophies specifically is that elephants are among the smartest animals. They are one of only a couple species who can recognize themselves in a mirror, something humans can only do starting age 2 and up, and only a couple of primate and dolphin species can do. Killing an elephant should be (and mostly is) illegal. The hunting permit $$$ argument you're likely referencing is mostely horseshit. The countries involved make vastly more money from wildlife tourism than from shitheads like this one:
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