@wordstitcher@thecanadian.social
2026-09-25 11:55 UTC
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@NMBA@mstdn.ca 2026-09-25 12:57
@wordstitcher@thecanadian.social @TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world @ZenHeathen@beige.party @AnnieBuddy@thecanadian.social A problem with markets for wildlife is that Indigenous people have had markets for wildlife products forever, but the colonists and their guns wiped out the game the first people relied on for food and markets. Then the Canadian and US govts implemented the North American Model of Wildlife Consevation to save and restore the lead-eradicated wildlife populations, and one of the tenets is no markets for wildlife (which was a keystone of the recovery of lost wildlife). The loss of many furbearer populations then birds was to supply European markets, and Indigenous trappers and hunters were part of that market. So some Indigenous nations and the non-Indigenous hunter-outfitters want wildlife markets but both previously contributed to the market-driven depletions of wildlife (rarity boosts prices).
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@ZenHeathen@beige.party 2026-09-25 12:40
@wordstitcher@thecanadian.social We don't "allow virtually unregulated hunting". There are specific laws in place. The outfitters, to make more money, may be allowing more illegally, but that's not the same thing. @TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world @AnnieBuddy@thecanadian.social
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@TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world 2026-09-25 12:56
@wordstitcher@thecanadian.social @ZenHeathen@beige.party @AnnieBuddy@thecanadian.social I agree trophy hunting should be banned however as far as I know, unless there's been a recent change in the law, there are regulations about hunting and the number of animals killed, not to mention methods used. example ontario https://www.ontario.ca/document/ontario-hunting-regulations-summary