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by ethbr0 1398 days ago
> Becoming vegan does not help this cause. Unexploited land is only unexploited because of legal protections. Not one acre will go unexploited because enough people became vegan.

There was a great interview with one of the guys who bought a black rhino tag and pissed the Internet off.

Very thoughtful guy, and his core message was "Given enough time, the only animals left on this planet will be those that are useful to humans or able to hide from us." In that an economic incentive is the only sure motivator of action over the long term, and so if we want to preserve something then we'd better find a financially sustainable model to do so.

And land can't hide.