The Importance Of Trophy Hunting

Trophy hunting is a sound and effective solution to the extinction crisis that plagues the large game in Africa. Allowing a few animals to be hunted can benefit the larger population and aid in their protection and long term viability. Trophy hunting is an essential conservation and wildlife management tool and can fund anti poaching efforts.

Wildlife management programs are extremely costly to maintain. The South African government spent 7 million dollars to support anti poaching security measures, hire municipal police, and for military forces to assist in protecting threatened wildlife. Those measures were still not sufficient in preventing the rise in poaching or in increasing and improving the habitats. Last year alone poachers killed over 20,000 elephants in South Africa. Even the Save the Rhinos Conservation and rhino protection organizations give hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to numerous rhino protection groups, and it is still not enough.
These males can attack and kill other males, females, and calves. For the safety of the overall population, these males are removed. Most of the animals can be sent to zoos and sanctuaries, but there are still a few left with no place to go. Euthanizing these animals is the only option. Allowing these few males to be trophy hunted can generate hundreds of thousands of dollars for the conservation agencies to protect and care for the remainder of the