Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Not sure if you mean dined on, or ate all of, but if you mean this in the way I think you do you've been sadly brainwashed. Many of the animals in Africa would be gone without hunting, hunting brings in real hard currency from outside to areas with little to no viable industry. What happens to game in destitute areas? It disappears, and fast. The game animals are poached, burned, and generally wiped out of the habitat completely and replaced with a few skinny wandering cattle. All biodiversity is lost, see Neo's description of flying into the conservancy in Zimbabwe, and the utter destruction outside the hunting area. I've seen the exact same thing, in Zimbabwe as well.
Now, a cow in Zimbabwe is worth about $40-$200 last I understood it, and you can support far fewer cattle on the land than wild game as it is the wild game's natural habitat- it's perfect for them. A Buffalo bull is worth $2,000-$4,000 typically in Zimbabwe, hard cash, not to mention all the benefits of the money spent in camp, the resultant employment of camp staff from the local population with otherwise zero employment possibilities, and last but not least- the massive, and continued flow of protein to people that otherwise receive almost none. A stable source of the highest quality, most needed food in Africa, protein, is created AND a strong economic engine is added to the economy AND the amazing, wild animals are given a place to live, grow, and flourish.
A GREENER model for economic and social benefit in harmony with nature isn't even conceivable to my mind. I understand you judging- sadly very few know better, I just hope you read this and come to understand the situational reality. Thank goodness for African hunting, both as a fellow African hunter to Neo and for the preservation of the wildlife and wilds of Africa.
