[Jacob-list] RE: [Jacob-list]]ad for Jacob Sheep for Hunting

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Dear Thom:

       I am well familiar with the elephant conservation effort in southern 
Africa that you mentioned. This is part of a United Nations sponsored program 
that goes by the acronym "CAMPFIRE" (I can't recall what it stands for). The 
underlying philosophical concept is termed "conservation through 
utilization." 
       I am a member of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS) 
which has recently been active in setting up similar programs in Asia to 
conserve sheep, most notably Marco Polo Argali in Tajikistan and Kyrgistan, 
and Altai and Gobi Argali in Mongolia. Previously the natives hunted sheep 
for subsistence and had almost wiped them out. Now there are thriving 
populations, but the trade off is that mature males are hunted. (I guess I 
should fess up and mention that I'm going to Tajikistan to hunt Marco Polo 
sheep this February.) 

Peter S
      
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