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Originally Posted by cdcox
It is estimated that poaching alone is decreasing African elephant populations by 7% a year. Not sure where there is room for a legal hunting of elephants until poaching is under control and there numbers begin to rebound. Elephants are also among the animals that mourn their dead most intensely. I can empathize with the losses of both the family of the hunter and elephant.
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The more profit locals make from hunting, the more enforcement they can afford to fight poaching. Selling hunts is an investment against poaching. Poor villages cant afford to pursue and prosecute poachers.