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Big game hunting is what funds the African conservation programs

Big game hunter propaganda. The vast majority of money comes from tourists armed with telephoto lenses, not rifles.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Tourists armed with telephoto lenses propaganda. The vast majority of money comes from big game hunters armed with rifles, not telephoto lenses.

[SauronOfMordor]

Prices for various hunting licenses.

https://businesstech.co.za/news/trending/94561/how-much-money-game-hunting-brings-into-south-africa/

$24,000 for a lion. $42,000 for an elephant. And that’s just for the license. Add in all the other money spent for the guide, porters, etc, and the hunter brings a LOT of money into the local economy.

[cbvanb]

Photo safaris provide about 10% of the game animal tourism industry. If your claim were true nobody would be in the hunting business. They would all be photographers.

[chickenlips]

So it would be better for the governments to pay someone to kill these animals to keep the populations under control?