{"id":18883,"date":"2014-11-11T11:06:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T11:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18883"},"modified":"2014-11-11T11:13:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T11:13:13","slug":"profit-pathways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/11\/profit-pathways\/","title":{"rendered":"Profit pathways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>there was a time when farms and ranchers<\/p>\n<p>were the money spinners<\/p>\n<p>and then came the rich hunters<\/p>\n<p>and the even richer sinners<\/p>\n<p>they had all the equipment<\/p>\n<p>but couldn&#8217;t hunt at all<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">and that got some south africans<\/span><\/p>\n<p>wanting to play ball<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>they could close the farms<\/p>\n<p>and earn some big bucks anyway<\/p>\n<p>stop the graft that just was daft<\/p>\n<p>and really make things pay<\/p>\n<p>minimum set up<\/p>\n<p>with \u00a0profit streams<\/p>\n<p>almost at every stage<\/p>\n<p>this became the cash cow<\/p>\n<p>with figures off the page<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>they had the infrastructure<\/p>\n<p>the buildings and the roads<\/p>\n<p>and vast amounts of land to hand<\/p>\n<p>and fencing they had loads<\/p>\n<p>free ranging wild animals<\/p>\n<p>and \u00a0caged wild animals too<\/p>\n<p>petting parlours for the kids<\/p>\n<p>and the big cat zoo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>then came adventure holidays<\/p>\n<p>the canned hunt scene was born<\/p>\n<p>the guarantee was obvious<\/p>\n<p>and lots of lovely corn<\/p>\n<p>excitement by the bucket full<\/p>\n<p>for the corporate hounds<\/p>\n<p>who could buy any target<\/p>\n<p>in euros in dollars in pounds<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it was an exclusive holiday<\/p>\n<p>a big game hunting treat<\/p>\n<p>with trophies at the end of it<\/p>\n<p>where everything felt \u00a0sweet<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and, the profit margin was<\/p>\n<p>going through the roof<\/p>\n<p>and the meat could be sold<\/p>\n<p>and the bones could be sold<\/p>\n<p>and there wasn&#8217;t any proof<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>so every one was at it drugging the animals fast<\/p>\n<p>using them for wild rides<\/p>\n<p>and in videos they are cast<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>big bucks for the farmers<\/p>\n<p>then the hunters come along<\/p>\n<p>the holiday adventure<\/p>\n<p>of a lifetime so what&#8217;s wrong<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>20 grand 30 grand<\/p>\n<p>anything will do<\/p>\n<p>this is like printing money<\/p>\n<p>and there are add on&#8217;s too<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>feeding the local people<\/p>\n<p>and the markets in the far east<\/p>\n<p>lion bones call them tiger bones<\/p>\n<p>and you have got a feast<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the fact that they are duping everybody<\/p>\n<p>makes no odds at all<\/p>\n<p>the animals are suffering<\/p>\n<p>but the margins do not fall<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>its money for old nuts<\/p>\n<p>they say<\/p>\n<p>animals parts ues too<span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0ivory and horn and bone<\/span><\/p>\n<p>and what did accrue<\/p>\n<p>animal rights they have no rights<\/p>\n<p>not where money is concerned<\/p>\n<p>and that is now what&#8217;s happening<\/p>\n<p>as more and more are burned<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>there was a time when farms and ranchers were the money spinners and then came the rich hunters and the even richer sinners they had all the equipment but couldn&#8217;t hunt at all and that got some south africans wanting &hellip; 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