Did not Teddy Roosevelt kill RARE African animals for trophies. Certain men have egos much larger than their stature.And they compensate by killing.
George Eastman was a big game hunter...and all his trips were well documented.
They have to be hunted to keep their numbers in check or they’ll destroy the environment. Especially elephants. Also, it costs a lot of money to hunt them which is used to maintain the animals and sends money into the local economies.
The level of ignorance and lack of humanity in people is shocking at times.