The habitat doesn’t belong to the elephants; it belongs to private individuals and governments in Africa. Those who manage their share of the habitat well allow hunting. Where hunting ISN’T allowed, the elephants are basically worthless, the habitat gets put to other uses, and the elephants die out.
“The habitat doesn’t belong to the elephants; it belongs to private individuals and governments in Africa.”
The state of private individuals and governments in Africa is miserable. Private individuals have a different concept of ownership, and the government has no real control over the land. Corruption/poverty/ignorance in the native population leads to recreational hunters and professional poachers to move in to exploit the resources that they do not own.
If the governments were not corrupt, these “hunting trips” wouldn’t exist in the first place and the hunters would get shot on sight.
“Those who manage their share of the habitat well allow hunting. Where hunting ISN’T allowed, the elephants are basically worthless, the habitat gets put to other uses, and the elephants die out.”
Normal safaris and tourism should do the same thing. Killing endangered wild animals for recreation and ego boost is sick.