The conservation is the deal here - as long as it’s working, the natives make a lot of money as guides and support personnel.
I don’t think many critters can eat a giraffe, though.
Giraffe burgers? Probably tastes like Spotted Owl.
Until there are no Giraffes left. Then when the numbers are down, they will have to be protected to get the population numbers back up, which then leads to poaching, like the Elephants and Rhinos for their tusks.
My husband and son are hunters; deer, ducks, geese. They eat what they kill. Neither are into killing for just the sport of killing a wild animal.
I doubt she is doing this because she feels bad for their poverty and wants to help them; sounds to me more like she is on an ego trip, the thrill of a kill.