Also, 2,200 CITES permits for leopard were issued in 2010.
IOW, not all that rare; and tightly controlled and regulated.
"Rare" should never be confused with "rarely seen" by casual observers.
I wonder where they came up with the 700k estimate?
There are for sure a lot of elephants but I would never shoot one.
The other animals for the most part I’m not as squeemish about - there are huge herds of the cape buffalo and unfortunately for them they are food for the lions. I actually saw a female lion take one down and then watched as two more females helped once the first one got it down. And then, leisurly ambling towards the kill was the male. Lunch was served by the females.