Killing Elephants for Trophies according to Trump

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6. This trophy hunting is complicated

I can't stand even the thought of hunting.

I catch spiders and release them outside. (Not mosquitos though.)

These African canned hunts are a big source of income for the parks in Africa though. The only chance these animals have of keeping a space to live is if it is in the local people's economic interest to keep them alive. A $ 100,000 canned hunt does a lot to help the preserve.

Plus, some of these parks in Africa are overpopulated with elephants. Where are they supposed to go? On the other hand some of the parks are reporting violent behavior from their young bull elephants. Their study shows it comes from the lack of older bull elephants that used to be there to reach the young males how to behave themselves. These older males are the ones that are wanted for trophies since they are so big and have such large tusks. Also, since they eat so much, do so much environmental damage and aren't needed for procreation, they are the ones offered to the hunters. We see the same problems with young male humans growing up without fathers around.

Anyway, this is a complicated issue. I don't want to go anywhere near it. In fact I won't eat at Jimmy Johns Sandwich Shop because he posed with an elephant he killed. But the money those trophy hunters donate to those parks is sure a lot more than I'm doing sitting here at my keyboard.