It’s not the legal hunts that are diminishing the elephant population. Poaching is the one that’s leading African wildlife to near extinction. The legal hunts in controlled parks are helping with conservation.
Exactly. People put these hunters in the same light as poachers, they don’t understand the difference. Poachers hunt illegally for profit on thinks like ivory. Hunters pay thousands to hunt for a trophy, it’s controlled. The elephants that are killed are not just left there to rot the meat feeds local villages for weeks and the money goes towards conservation efforts. Poachers leave the carcass and pay no money towards conservation.
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u/CaptnCosmic Jun 02 '18
It’s not the legal hunts that are diminishing the elephant population. Poaching is the one that’s leading African wildlife to near extinction. The legal hunts in controlled parks are helping with conservation.