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Originally posted by Saeed:
Apparently they were killed on private properties as they were killing their animals.

Isn’t true in Namibia this is legal??

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
There is something repugnant to me as an hunter about shooting a juvenile game animal.

I’m not going to judge others, but I would not do it except under the most extraordinary circumstances I can imagine, and I would never brag about it. It may be legitimate predator control, but IMO it is unfortunate and not to be celebrated.

As for this kind of publicity on the subject, if I react to it this way, can you imagine how non-hunters will react?

Im not talking about anti-hunters, but just neutral people who simply don’t hunt.

Predator control or not, this kind of “cub shooting” publicity is how anti-hunters are made.

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Originally posted by AilsaWheels:
I hunted a conservancy in Namibia around 15 years ago. A couple years before my hunt they had 2400 springbok. A group of cheetah moved in and had reduced the springbok population to less than 400. Most of the springbok hadn't been eaten, just killed for sport. Before an import ban the landowner had let the cheetahs live since he had a trophy fee of around $2,500 on them. Afterwards he killed them at every opportunity. The last 13 he shot he just left them as they lay. As the old saying goes. "If it pays it stays".

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Originally posted by MikeE:
I know a landowner and PH in Namibia, have hunted with him several times. His philosophy on cheetahs is quite simple.

" Mike, old boy, if we see a cheetah, and we do not shoot him, we will have a long talk, old boy. They kill more wildlife on my farm, than ten of you can. You had best speak up now if thats going to be a problem."

My guess is that juvenile cheetahs kill quite often, as they are still learning how to hunt.

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The idea to eradicate all natural predators is not hunting conservation.