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Originally Posted by Torkdiesel
You're joking about that last comment aren't you ?
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Nope, the tourism generated dollars from safari's/ecotourism dwarfs what is paid for a trophy.
This is just one link that Google came up with:
http://www.endangeredspecieshandbook...ecotourism.php
"A fully maned male Lion, according to Lee Durrell (1986) in State of the Ark, is worth $500,000 as a tourist attraction, whereas a Lion shot for sport or trophy is worth between $3,500 and $8,500, and its skin about $1,000."
Like I said, Trophy Hunting is not my cup of tea. But the guy is a unequivocal poacher and should be treated as such. As hunters, we need to end this kind of behaviour.