Or maybe not. But still.
Listened to this via my podcatcher last weekend but forgot to mention it until now. If you’re not already a regular Radiolab listener, you really should be. But even if you don’t care about fantastically produced storytelling that entertains as it educates about the mysterious ways in which our minds, our bodies, and our surrounding world work, maybe you’ll care that earlier this month the show followed Corey Knowlton, the fellow who bid $350,000 in a Dallas Safari Club auction to shoot a black rhino in Namibia.
I’m not saying I’m now a fan of hunting endangered animals, but hearing from Namibian government officials about how selling permits like these (which are apparently issued only for aged animals that have been killing other rhinos) fund conservation efforts in their country — well, the story is more complicated than the headline.
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