Here's a hypothetical. Lets say a Grizzly is menacing the livestock and family on your property. You have exhausted all means of humanely deterring it. It is, however, listed as endangered, and the local branch of the Interior dept. refuses to relocate or let you shoot it. Would you not want the right to be able to protect you and yours without fear of penalty and/or prosecution? Maybe, just maybe, your opinion is rooted in class hate. Damn rich people and their trophies.
Menace animals ? Trophy hunting selectively eliminates the oldest, most genetically fit elephants from the population because they have the largest tusks. Support the closure of domestic markets for elephant ivory worldwide, then we will talk about the role of sustainable use in promoting conservation.