I believe the last figures I have seen are around 3 or 4 percent to communities affected by these practices, and that is from even pro hunting organizations. The rest goes to national governments or foreign-based outfitters.
When trophy hunters select the biggest and the strongest male animals—not females, who are generally smaller, or the sick or weak or young, which is all extremely anti-evolutionary I don’t see how it is possible the money they pay to hunt lions is spent in ways that benefit the species. If it were the wild population of lions would be growing in South Africa, instead it is only the number of captive-bred lions used for canned hunts that has increased.
Truth is, it doesn't. The license fees are exorbitant as are the outfitter fees. True, the animals killed are allegedly given to villagers to eat but it's the outfitters who profit the most...........
I have a good friend who has been on two month long African safari hunts at a cost of approx. $35,000 per trip. Each species he hunted required a permit.
Here is an example of what you might have to pay should you decide to go on such a hunt. Given the costs and average wages of the govt. game wardens, where do you think the majority of the monies go?
All of the hunting done in S. Africa is on land owned or leased by the outfitters.............
Remember Cecil the Lion? The controversy over his killing revolved over the fact that he had wandered (or was lured) off the preserve and onto the land owned by the outfitter that ultimately shot him........