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| I thought elephants were a protected species. How do the get the elephant hide used in saddles and boots? |
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Location: North Dakota | I bought a saddle last year that had a FAUX elephant seat.
Are you sure these products you are looking at have real leather? Or are they faux leather?
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Location: Desert Land | I have had an authentic elephant hide in my Stoney saddle. They are harvested legally. You can read here about it:
http://www.rojeleather.com/species-and-leathers/elephant-leather/
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This is an interesting article. |
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Location: Heart of Texas | How can you legally harvest a protected species?? |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | jewishprincess - 2016-01-07 1:55 PM How can you legally harvest a protected species??
Just like you legally harvest a lion, tiger, or other exotic species. You contact a hunting guide. The hunting guide tells you what to shoot, you take the skin, hide, etc, and the village that lives among the animal gets the meat. This way the village doesn't kill off the species but are still fed when someone pays to kill the animal. Most that are killed are either sick, older, etc.
The article explains this better. |
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Location: Desert Land | jewishprincess - 2016-01-07 11:55 AM How can you legally harvest a protected species??
An excerpt from: http://gothunts.com/see-what-happens-to-an-elephant-after-elephant-hunting/
The anti-hunting community would like you to believe the elephant is endangered and on the verge of extinction. Facts however paint a very different picture.
There are in excess of 70,000 elephants in ONLY Zimbabwe today – nearly double the amount of elephants that the environment has the capacity to support due to human encroachment on suitable habitat.
If we want elephants to be around for future generations, elephant hunting is an important conservation tool that must be considered. |
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Location: MD | TheOldGrayMare - 2016-01-07 3:18 PM
jewishprincess - 2016-01-07 11:55 AM How can you legally harvest a protected species??
An excerpt from: http://gothunts.com/see-what-happens-to-an-elephant-after-elephant-hunting/The anti-hunting community would like you to believe the elephant is endangered and on the verge of extinction. Facts however paint a very different picture.There are in excess of 70,000 elephants in ONLY Zimbabwe today – nearly double the amount of elephants that the environment has the capacity to support due to human encroachment on suitable habitat. If we want elephants to be around for future generations, elephant hunting is an important conservation tool that must be considered.
much like the "white tiger" situation. Well didn't I learn something today! Very interesting. |
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Location: North Dakota | I rode an elephant once at a renaissance fair! I reached down and pet it gently the entire time I rode! When I got off I gave it a gentle pat again! The elephant looked over at me and looked into my eyes, I couldn't believe how smart it was! They are smarter than some humans! Even the handler couldn't believe how the elephant responded! |
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| Interesting info. Thanks for responding. |
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Elephant seat?