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Critics are taking to social media to divulge Royal’s remarks about the pressures faced by wildlife.
Prince William of the United Kingdom has been criticized by critics for “worrying about his own affairs” after suggesting that population growth is at stake. game in Africa.
Speaking at the Tusk Conservation Awards in London on Tuesday night, William said increasing pressure on the continent’s “wild and wild spaces due to human population” poses a “major challenge for conservationists, as it does around the world”.
“But it is essential that the natural world be protected not only for its contribution to our economies, jobs and livelihoods, but for the health, wellbeing and future of mankind,” he said.
The 39-year-old’s remarks comments echo he did in 2017 when he said that Africa’s “fast-growing human population” was putting its wildlife and habitats under “enormous pressure”.
In that case, the royal came under fire for making the remarks because he was expecting a third child.
Experts predicted that Africa population is on track to double to 2.5 billion people by 2050, which will possibly make it home to more than a quarter of the world’s people by the middle of this century.
While some praised the prince’s remarks to highlight the danger facing the natural world in the face of global population growth, others used social media to criticize his remarks.
Journalist Nadine Batchelor-Hunt tweeted that Africa’s current population density is significantly lower than that of Asia and Europe.
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Others have suggested that the largest source of damage to fauna on the African continent was European hunters in the early 20th century.
“To blame civilians in Africa is to completely misunderstand African history,” one Twitter user said.
It will be useful if Prince William pays attention to history. By far the largest losses of game in Africa occurred in the early 1900s when Europeans arrived with guns and hunted across the continent. To blame African citizens is to completely misunderstand African history.
Some went further, saying William had “no moral authority to say anything about Africa or about Africans and their lives”.
“He has to spend his time reading good history books and raising his many children and spending time with his very large family spread around the world. His opinion is sewage, “said one Twitter user.
Mr. William has no moral authority to say anything about Africa or about Africans and their lives. He needs to spend his time reading good history books and raising his many children and spending time with his very large family spread around the world. His opinion is sewage.
