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Re:Female African elephants are evolving without tusks due t... by jsnell on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @03:06PM (#29017642)
They're hunted interactively by people with guns, not passively with traps.
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Re:Female African elephants are evolving without tusks due t... by cabalamat on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @03:18PM (#29017794)
Traps wouldn't work because the authorities would get to the elephant in a trap before the poacher returned, thus the poacher would lose their prey.

The poacher could always hang around near the trap, but if you're doing that you might as well just shoot the elephant, not trap it.

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