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In reply to the discussion: The A***oles didn't fall far from the tree: Trumps sons pose with their dead animals [View all]JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,698 posts)A hunt like this moves a bunch of money from Trump's vaults to the continent of Africa.
Some hunting money is used to buy more land as a wildlife refuge (and a managed hunting area). Without this influx, the lands might be taken for farming, causing more pressure on the population of endangered animals.
Also, the hunters will take the "trophy parts" of the dead animals. The good parts, the edible parts, are going into the bellies of local residents, maybe the relatives of the hunt support crew, maybe some other distribution scheme.
In the U.S., money from hunting licenses, ammo tax, etc, has gone toward buying or leasing land for conservation and hunting. The deer population is healthy through these activities, and the population of wild turkeys has been brought back from the brink of extinction.
So, I can't say that the Trump brothers are not asshats, I don't know them. But this little safari doesn't mean much. It's just another activity for the uber-rich.