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HEALS gives veterans diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) an outlet for healing while also acquiring valuable trade skills.
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HEALS will also augment VETPAW’s mission by offering those formerly engaged in poaching activities an alternative livelihood and reintegration into their communities.
HEALS will offer agricultural and animal husbandry education to Tanzanian communities in the region of VETPAW’s ranger training program. This will be provided via a team of veterans trained by HEALS in agronomic and livestock issues, with an emphasis on increasing culturally-relevant crop yields, sustainable land use, and more efficient livestock management.
Emphasis will be placed on culturally relevant crops: Cassava, sorghum, rice, millet, coffee, banana, area-specific fruits and cashews
originally posted by: zosimov
Agreed raggedy.. I'll venture the circumstances leading one to become a poacher are not what most of us living a (more or less) comfortable existance could fathom.
originally posted by: corvuscorrax
originally posted by: zosimov
Agreed raggedy.. I'll venture the circumstances leading one to become a poacher are not what most of us living a (more or less) comfortable existance could fathom.
There is little to no sympathy for those of us who must take drastic measures to survive.
The willingness to judge them harshly is strong however. Says a lot about our species.
I'm sure some will not agree that taking a human life to save an animal is morally defensible.
The execution of two rangers in Virunga National Park by anti-government rebels has pushed losses of the guardians of this vast reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo above 150 during the past decade. A third ranger went missing in the attack
originally posted by: Hazardous1408
Poachers deserve nothing less than a double tap to the temple.
I'd extend that to all hunters who are not feeding themselves.