My assumption is the hunt was carried out on Africa,some parts of the continent,Places like Namibia,Zimbabwe,and certainly south africa once your outside the parks like kruger wild animals wouldnt exist were it not for hunting concessions,the locals would kill of the available game for food,however because westerners pay X amount of pounds/dollars for the opportunity to hunt an animal they are protected,an elephant today goes for £20-25,000thats a lot of cash pumped into the local economy,the meat isnt wasted as its distributed for free to local people,and in some parts of the continent elephants are actually on the increase,they encroach on farms,a tribe of elephants can decimate a maize field overnight,how do you control them?Ethical harvesting its called.
