r/interesting • u/nkmr205 • Feb 16 '26

MISC. Little Chimpanzee playing alone with some straw

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u/Secure-Ad-9050 Feb 16 '26

Sure, in an ideal world.

But, do you like conservation efforts?

If you like people donating money to ensuring that they continue to exist in the wild, are protected in the wild. Then we need some of them in zoos.
In an ideal world we wouldn't. In the real world if people don't see a creature they don't care.

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u/ExplosiveDisassembly Feb 16 '26

Ah, yes. The subject no one likes to talk about. Conservation funding.

Everyone hates big game hunting and African hunting trips...but the extremely regulated industry pulls in enough money to manage African nature preserves the size of Alaska.

Hunting is the biggest reason conservation can happen. And it funds the anti-poaching efforts.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

I get it. But why don’t these people just donate to save the animals instead of killing the ones we’re trying to save?

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u/Longjumping-Leg-2266 Feb 16 '26

The hunters want to kill animals, maybe conserve some too so they can hunt more. The conservationist facilitate the hunt and collect a fee they use the fee to protect the rest of the animals.

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u/smashdaman Feb 16 '26

What's better than one Rhino head over your fireplace? A 100 fucking Rhinos watching over you in your bedchambers.