When you end the hunting, you end the conservation.
An "Inconvenient Truth."
I looked up trophy fees in Zimbabwe:
Big Five & Dangerous Game Trophy Fees Trophy Name Trophy Fee 2015 Trophy Fee 2016 Buffalo $ 8 000 $ 8 000 Crocodile $ 6 500 $ 6 500 Elephant $ 22 000 $ 22 000 Non-trophy Elephant $ 9 500 $ 9 500 Leopard $ 9 000 $ 9 000 Leopard pre-bait $ 9 750 $ 9 750 Hippopotamus $ 6 500 $ 6 500Trophy fees are providing an incentive to keep the animals alive.