I too am appalled by that elephant hunting video but it’s worth remembering that trophy hunting is one of the biggest sources of funding for conservation in places like Africa. The world is complicated.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z-CQGXleVI …
Clearly the economic value has potential, but efforts to democratize the receipts (e.g. CAMPFIRE in Zimbabwe) have largely failed. Conversely, Botswana's hunting ban has made elephant management almost impossible.
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As always, the answer lies in the middle, somewhere in adaptive managment, where goals and methods can change to meet changes on the land.
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