re: Cecil

Hypothetical situation:
1.) There is now a very limited supply of Cows. Tales of eating beef are almost legendary.
2.) The cows naturally replenish themselves, but slowly. They generally hold steady on their own.
3.) Once cows are gone, they are gone forever
4.) It has been deemed by both the scientific community and the general public that we should keep at least some cows around
5.) There are stiff penalties in place to protect the cows
6.) There are a small subsection of people who kill cows (even the protected ones) for personal gain (money, pride, whatever), even knowing the penalties. They don't even eat the meat.
7.) The amount of cows continue to decrease


In this situation, you alright with people killing cows? What should the penalty be? What if there were only 1000 left, or 10? Let the world lose steak forever?

Not me, pal. Save the beef.