Racist farmers in Africa cause increase in attacks on lions

[DigitalDrifter]

Here's the equation:

Racist employers = dumber employees who can't count to 100 = more cattle left in fields = more lions showing up = farmers turning to guns = more dead lions.

Why isn't the ocean orange instead of blue ? Probably because somewhere along the line some white guy was mean to some native somewhere.

Racist farmers in Africa are causing a surge in attacks on lions

Predators like lions and leopards are becoming more populous inNamibia due to the success of recent conservation measures.

These wild animals are unfortunately causing increasing problems on livestock farms, as some of them prefer to eat beef steak for dinner rather than gamey venison.

This, unsurprisingly, annoys ranchers, who can turn to their guns for a short-term solution.

Conservationists have been trying to reduce this “human-wildlife conflict” for decades now.

They’ve dabbled with livestock-guarding dogs to scare away predators, put up fences to keep livestock away from wild animals, given compensation to reimburse farmers for killed cows or sheep and even marketed “predator-friendly” beef that gives a price-premium to farmers that don’t kill carnivores.

But farmers in Namibia are still reporting increased conflict. Why is this?

Previous research has looked into the environmental factors that affect the situation, such as the number of wild prey animals available for predators to eat or the types of habitats around the farms. But these studies often ignore the most critical part of all conservation issues: humans.

I spent almost a year living on a livestock farm in Namibia in order to understand how political, economic, historical and social drivers might be influencing human-carnivore conflict. I visited many farms and interviewed the managers and their workers, and started to notice a trend: those farms that reported no issues with carnivores tended to be well-managed with happy, motivated workers.

Racist farmers in Africa are causing a surge in attacks on lions

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Where is Lahota? He will lose his mind over this, he went on and on about the dentist who offed Cecil the lion

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Where is Lahota? He will lose his mind over this, he went on and on about the dentist who offed Cecil the lion

Lahota has been AWOL, I think he's probably had to go in for a tune-up of the membrane

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Where is Lahota? He will lose his mind over this, he went on and on about the dentist who offed Cecil the lion

Lahota has been AWOL, I think he's probably had to go in for a tune-up of the membrane

Or realized nobody took him serious

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Where is Lahota? He will lose his mind over this, he went on and on about the dentist who offed Cecil the lion

Lahota has been AWOL, I think he's probably had to go in for a tune-up of the membrane

Or realized nobody took him serious

Hmmmm, I like my tune-up of the membrane theory better

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Where is Lahota? He will lose his mind over this, he went on and on about the dentist who offed Cecil the lion

Shhhhhhh, maybe he'll go look for somewhere else to pollute, errrrr I mean, hang out.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Where is Lahota? He will lose his mind over this, he went on and on about the dentist who offed Cecil the lion

Shhhhhhh, maybe he'll go look for somewhere else to pollute, errrrr I mean, hang out.

I had a situation with him, he commented something comical, I told him with a bit more concentration, he might be able to develop into a Junior Jack Benny....Lahota seemed to like this because he gave me a thank you rating

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Where is Lahota? He will lose his mind over this, he went on and on about the dentist who offed Cecil the lion

Shhhhhhh, maybe he'll go look for somewhere else to pollute, errrrr I mean, hang out.

I had a situation with him, he commented something comical, I told him with a bit more concentration, he might be able to develop into a Junior Jack Benny....Lahota seemed to like this because he gave me a thank you rating

Funniest time was when he learned the Native Americans sided with the Confederates and owned slaves....during the Confederate flag fiasco. Priceless

 

[Sunni Man]

Funniest time was when he learned the Native Americans sided with the Confederates and owned slaves....during the Confederate flag fiasco. Priceless

I'm the person who made him aware of that obscure piece of history.

Although it's common knowledge in the part of Oklahoma where I grew up. In fact there are a couple of small towns which are totally populated by blacks whose ancestors where slaves owned by American indians.

In fact, Lincoln only freed the slaves on US territory. And it was another 20 years after the Civil War before slaves owned by Indians were eventually set free. ......

 

[Sunni Man]

One more piece of trivia.

The last Confederate general to surrender at the end of the Civil War was a Native American who owned a large number of black slaves who worked on his plantation. .......