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Chinese authorities have issued two hunting permits to a group of seven American tourists headed to Qinghai province to stalk protected Bharal blue sheep and TIbetan Gazelles. According to the NewsCore wire service, the permits are the first issued by the Expert Committee of Wild Animal Hunting since a hunting ban was placed on foreigners five years ago.
Bharals are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of endangered species and Tibetan Gazelles are protected -- in theory at least -- by the Chinese government.
Chinese law prohibits hunting protected animals unless the hunters are part of an expedition or doing scientific research.
State News Agency Xinhua reports that the Qinghai Dulan Hunting Ground has already brought in about $3 million in tax revenue by catering to local hunters. That number is bound to go up as foreigners arrive.
According to the Tibetan Review, the hunts could offend local Buddhists who do not believe in recreational hunting.
Before the hunting ban on foreigners was instituted in 2006, specialized tour companies gave Americans an expensive Asian safari experience. According to the China Daily, it cost $7,900 to hunt a Bharal and $1,500 to hunt a Tibetan Gazelle.
After a short piece about the permits being issued was posted on Field and Stream's website, commenters expressed a lack of faith in the Chinese government to protect animal populations and little enthusiasm for a new hunting ground.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/12/foreigners-hunt-endangere_n_925290.html?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl17|sec3_lnk2|86047
Why would chinese government do this to their own animals? Especially animals that are endangered or almost extinct in their own LAND? Is it money? You want yuan, is that it? Typical example of human greed. And those American scumbag hunters, I hope they get hunted down.
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First the bear thing, then this..
Well, I guess they can spin it to say it's all the foreigners' fault.
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Do you have to say American scum bag hunters? This isn't something the average American would want to do for sure.
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I say let the foreigners do as they please, $3million in tax revenues + is well worth the lives of measly animals. Protected animals my ass, nothings going to protect them from the double barrel shotgun between the eyes.
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Facepalm to the extreme~~~ I never even heard of those animals before and now these guys are allowed to hunt them?
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On August 13 2011 11:32 AustinCM wrote:
Do you have to say American scum bag hunters? This isn't something the average American would want to do for sure.
They were Americans. What did you want me to say? Those "yankee" scumbag hunters?
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On August 13 2011 11:34 kaisen wrote:Show nested quote +On August 13 2011 11:32 AustinCM wrote:
Do you have to say American scum bag hunters? This isn't something the average American would want to do for sure. They were Americans. What did you want me to say? Those "yankee" scumbag hunters?
The fact that they were American has basically no relevance. You build a bike, people will ride it.
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On August 13 2011 11:37 .Aar wrote:Show nested quote +On August 13 2011 11:34 kaisen wrote:On August 13 2011 11:32 AustinCM wrote:
Do you have to say American scum bag hunters? This isn't something the average American would want to do for sure. They were Americans. What did you want me to say? Those "yankee" scumbag hunters? The fact that they were American has basically no relevance. You build a bike, people will ride it.
Funny. I don't see any other people with different nationality paying money to hunt those endangered animals... yet.
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a hunting ban was placed on foreigners five years ago.
So wait you can't hunt our shit only we can hunt our shit oh k, oh wait you pay shiz nvm go hunt em.
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On August 13 2011 11:37 .Aar wrote:Show nested quote +On August 13 2011 11:34 kaisen wrote:On August 13 2011 11:32 AustinCM wrote:
Do you have to say American scum bag hunters? This isn't something the average American would want to do for sure. They were Americans. What did you want me to say? Those "yankee" scumbag hunters? The fact that they were American has basically no relevance. You build a bike, people will ride it.
Generally when someone does something worthy of making the news, the media adds in the nationality of the person. For instance a headline will be like "British man abducted by pirates off Somali coast."
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i hope they leave red panda alone bc they are adorable ^_^
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I mean hunting is a source of revenue and if people are willing to pay 3 million to hunt an animal that's not even close to endangered I'd do it.
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Probably why this little gem of a sentence is there
Bharals are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of endangered species and Tibetan Gazelles are protected -- in theory at least -- by the Chinese government.
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I was expecting another foreign proteam buying out some chinese players..
Oh Teamliquid you..
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On August 13 2011 11:38 kaisen wrote:Show nested quote +On August 13 2011 11:37 .Aar wrote:On August 13 2011 11:34 kaisen wrote:On August 13 2011 11:32 AustinCM wrote:
Do you have to say American scum bag hunters? This isn't something the average American would want to do for sure. They were Americans. What did you want me to say? Those "yankee" scumbag hunters? The fact that they were American has basically no relevance. You build a bike, people will ride it. Funny. I don't see any other people with different nationality paying money to hunt those endangered animals... yet.
So by saying "... yet." your admitting your judgement on the nationality of the hunters has nothing to do with the story and you blew a whistle at their being Americans too early.
As soon as ANY other hunters of another nationality participate in this hunting your comment is completely bigoted. That's what people are getting at.
You didn't have to stress the fact that they were American, you chose to. You could have said "scum bag hunters" and made the same point.
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It's disturbing how much the media covers about Chinese news bits and always in a negative way which is a classic case of Sinophobia.
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On August 13 2011 11:26 kaisen wrote:
Why would chinese government do this to their own animals?
Because they, as a sovereign state, have determined this to be in their national interest. Pure and simple. In their calculus, revenue inflow now outweighs vacuous international law regimes regarding conservation. No international third party exists that can effectively regulate China's domestic behavior, and no other country will go to war over this.
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What the fuck is going on with China and their animals?!?!
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