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Were they all left to rot...and is all elephant harvesting wrong? I on Monday past, I visited with a surgeon at his home..where my son was doing a real estate photo session for his home.
He being a surgeon and his wife a psychiatrist, they have a very nice home on 30 acres with two lakes, but want to leave this blue state.
The good doctor took me to his "Africa room" which included many African trophies. Walking in the door..i am greeted with a full body mount of a big, male lion. Very obvious, were the tusks, ears, tail and feet of an elephant.
He explained that he had harvested the tusker in Botswana. At that point in time, there were estimated 128,000 elephants in country...on a range which comfortably supports 28,000 of them
He said that when he downed the elephant, and had saved the trophies he wanted, there were 60 native villagers waiting for the go-ahead to jump in and cut up the carcass..taking it home to feed a very hungry family.
It is a win-win for hunter and country. The hunter gets his trophies, the people get some food, local businesses sell dinners, hotel rooms and etc...plus the Botswana conservation program gets thousands of dollars.