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A man touches a stufffed lion between an elephant and a rhino at the international hunting fair in Dortmund, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011.

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gruesome why are they displaying rare and endangered animals which have decimated by trophy hunters and poachers.

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Reply#1 - Thu Feb 3, 2011 9:24 AM EST

OMG - this makes me sick to my stomach. Who do these people think they are?

Leave the animals alone! These animals are endangered.

Let's do role reversal and see how the hunters like it!

    Reply#2 - Thu Feb 3, 2011 9:31 AM EST

    These animals will not be here for long....because of people like this. It is such a nightmare to think these animals will be gone soon. Very soon.

    Words cannot express the anger I feel when I see this...... Please stop killing the animals!

      Reply#3 - Thu Feb 3, 2011 9:34 AM EST

      There are TOO MANY Human animals on this planet...............

        Reply#4 - Thu Feb 3, 2011 11:39 AM EST

        Animals become endangered when there aren't enough places for them to live and when criminals poach them or when destitute people eat them to survive or protect what little they have. Managed hunting takes place where these species aren't endangered. Hunters do the most to protect species and habitat and promote sustainability in local economies for long-term habitat preservation. whether you like that or not, that is evidenced consistently. Fomenting anger towards conservation minded hunters does little towards solving real-world problems that all sides of this issue should be concerned about - principally habitat loss and degradation.

          Reply#5 - Thu Feb 3, 2011 12:12 PM EST
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