What is the reason???? Does she need the food? Ridiculous. I guess she can think about it in jail. Perhaps Paris can give her some hints.
As others have stated, many elephant herds in Africa are overpopulating their ranges and risk starvation if they're allowed to overgraze. Culling, which is what this young lady did, keeps the population in check and protects the herd as a whole. She did nothing illegal and probably paid a pretty penny for the license.