Killing Endangered Species to Save Them

An environmentalist joins a hunt sponsored by an organization that advocates hunting to support the conservation of endangered animals.

Killing animals to preserve a species? That’s the premise of a program designed to sell a limited number of permits to hunters in order to help communities conserve indigenous populations of endangered sheep. Author Daniel Duane went on his first hunt and wrote about it for Mother Jones magazine. He tells host Steve Curwood that after his experience, he had to re-think his notions about hunting.