Needs repeating.
“Shooting that elephant fed an entire village for more than a month. It provided income for 25 families for a year.
Because the elephant was a raging bull shooting it saved the lives of villagers who would have been trampled during its rampage.
The population of elephants in this particular area exceeds the ability of the environment to support them. Herds are reduced by wildlife specialists who sell very expensive licenses to hunt specific animals.
Trump. Jr. provided a necessary and very valuable service to the local population with this hunting trip.”
Elephants are a resource that needs to be utilized properly. Otherwise, if they have no value to the locals, they will be exterminated.
The local peoples raise cattle, plant crops, and build shelter to survive. If the elephants threaten this, and do not contribute to the peoples survival, they will kill them all.
If you are worried about where your next meal is coming, and
all you have in the world is threatened by elephants trampling your land and shelter, and eating all your crops, they are not that beautiful. Only people who are spoiled like we are in America worry about animals more than people.
It’s no different than hunting deer here in Minnesota. The herd must be controlled. It is standard wildlife management.
Exactly. I worked in eastern Africa for two years on a big mine construction project and I was amazed at the damage elephants inflict on the local's subsistence crops.
I have also traveled all over Africa, (love Namibia) and if it were not for controlled hunts and management, the only elephants remaining would be in game parks. Actually, that is where most are...both private and national reserves.