“My main concern wrt this thread, is the animals - I have no assurance that viable animals won’t be killed, or that the government there will enforce anything.”
Viable animals will be killed at a rate that will make your heart stop if, Trophy Hunting Dollars stop. Anti-Poaching efforts are funded to a very great extent by the serious money Trophy Hunters pay for the privilege. And, we DO NOT TAKE any breeding-age animal that is threatened. The ONLY exception is if a Predatory animal is killing tribesmen and their wives and children. When a big cat goes rogue and begins killing Villagers there is to Tag Fee to hunt that animal.
Speaking of the Chinese, the number one country on this planet responsible for paying Poachers is the Chinese. They pay serious dollars for the Ivory and various organs of many African animals for their “medicines” and “aphrodisiac” concoctions. Most poachers sell to Chinese brokers or to Terrorists that sell to Chinese Brokers.