For fun and lols, I would put shooting an elephant right up there
with the Spanish Inquisition. But Africa needs all the Yanks spunking tens of thousands of dollars it can get.
By making big game taboo, and hounding a dentist over the killing of Cecil the Friendly Lion, urbanites whose knowledge of Africa is based on Disney have deprived reserves of a lucrative resource.
By the way, it's also left a load of specialist trackers unemployed: if only there were an illegal trade in which they can monetise their skills...
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Sat 18 Nov 2017, 8:31,
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