It seems that a lot of this hunting really benefits the local population as well as the local economy. It is reported that the fees mostly go back to the conservation of the animals. Of course, the leftybesties all say the money goes to corruption. (Its not like these same folks support some of the most corrupt ”elected” officials in the good ole US of A.
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The meat from one elephant can provide the protein needs for a village for an entire year.
My hunting dream was to take a tuskless elephant. They are a recessive gene that survive by stealing the food that the tusked elephants take down. Of course, the leftybesties all claim that it is the elephant evolving to defeat the ivory hunters. Typically, they don’t realize that their lovely tuskless elephants can’t feed themselves. But, if it meets their agenda that’s good no matter how bad the consequences.