Wasn’t it but a decade or so ago when words had generally accepted meanings when facts were facts? Now we have ‘alternative facts, and words with fuzzy definitions.
Perhaps it is no coincidence that controversy and bemusement exist about the meaning of conservation as it pertains to wildlife management.
Organizations struggle with a definition or avoid one entirely. Elephant hunters call themselves conservationists. Those who oppose trophy hunting and the frivolous killing of wildlife think of themselves as conservationists.
How can killing a wild animal be called conservation? How is hunting conservation?