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How The Market Can Save Endangered Species

By Liberate RVA Updates On Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 · Add Comment

Many people assume that the best way to protect an endangered species is to pass laws that prohibit people from hunting them. This is not always the case. In fact, many species go extinct before they’re even put on the threatened or endangered species list. Even when animals do go on the list, it is of course, not always guaranteed that they will survive. For instance, the Eastern Cougar was declared extinct on June 17, 2015 despite being recognized as endangered in 1973.

There are several species of animals which were once endangered, but came to flourish under private ownership. For example, the American bison (not to be confused with the buffalo) once roamed the Great Plains in numbers estimated at about 30 million. This was after many American Indians who helped keep their numbers in check died from foreign diseases and before the bison were [...]

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How The Market Can Save Endangered Species

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