If you feel like killing something, play some cod, jeez.
You know what's even more messed up than killing an animal? Humans suffering and dying due to extreme poverty.
Rich hunters come to these countries with lots of money that they pay to the locals and government in order to hunt these animals. The locals then use that money to help conservation efforts with animals as well as help provide food, shelter, and clean water to the population.
Yes, your favorite looking animal that you've never actually seen in real life will die, but the lives of thousands of humans will be improved because of it. People who vehemently speak out against these things like yourself just come off sounding like ignorant children.
Can you provide some research?
http://www.africanwildlifeconservationfund.org/wp-content/up...
Trophy hunting alone brings in over $200 million USD a year to Africa's economy.
$200M isn't much on a continental scale. Also where exactly is this money going?
"New legislation is also required to tackle some problems associated with trophy hunting. For example, ownership of wildlife should be devolved to communities to permit direct receipt of benefits from hunting and thus create clear incentives for sustainable wildlife management"
Yeah, that will be easy to pull off, I'm certain of that.
Do you have any actual evidence to add to your argument? Or just more ignorant sarcasm?
No, just like you don't. The paper you posted doesn't cut it because it only discusses how much money was made, not the wellbeing of the fauna.
> $1.4 billion into the US economy.
So that's relatively nothing.