Why not
Hunters would queue up to kill the last tiger in the world and pay millions. Although sitting in the back of a large boat with some beer and shooting very easy targets is more like american style safari where they go to a petting zoo in a truck and shoot, ie Dick Cheney. But if money is involved it will happen regardless of any moral or scientific issues. The dumb hunters will surely be after the biggest and this would cost lots of harm to the health of the population and ecosystem. Esp as the species was nearly extinct in Oz in 1970 and such a long living species it is no where near enough time to recover.
So does this conjur up visions of all american hunters being big boat runners with a thirst for beer and an inflated ego
the ecosystem is often not entirely understood,, just tell me how the ecosystem claims sustainability in regards to numbers and i will hold my peace
in the seventies hunting stopped as a proposed figure of only 3000 saltwater crocs existed in the nt....... now 30+ years later we're looking at a population of 75000,, i think we've sustained the figures an its time to control them to spiral out of proportion
25 large saltwater crocs a year in 10 years that would mean 250 large crocs
in 30 years that would mean 750 that would be like 1% of depletion,, correct my maths if thats correct,, even 10% would only be frugal
What is an ecosystem an sustainability,,,,,,,,,,,, wherever you live you have taken away some creatures space an encroached on their environment,,, so why don't you move away,, maybe go back to europe or america and let this lucky country get overun by nature.......... come on australia wake up...... we need to survive croc meat tastes really nice,,,,,,,,, so does roo an rabbit for that matter,,,,,,, so why not make it a sustainable industry,, and hell,,, so if 25 yanks wanna come here to kill 25 large saltwater crocs per year,, perhaps we can offer some bloke out there a means to earn a living
I'm all for the nt incentive to allow foreignors to our shore,, it will improve our economy and will sustain the so called ecosystem although we might have to allow a few more numbers
come to think of it how many of you are willing to move away from your location seeing that we've all encroached on the ecosystem
The ecosystem is a falacy where people are concerned,, stop feeling guilty,, we are human after all,, though sometimes dumb,, but with intelligence none the less
mmmmmmm croc meat is great.. lets develop an industry,, so is roo......... an steve wanted to ban it all,,, he's not entirely the hero you thought he was