The idea of hunting down and shooting an animal for sport strikes many people as barbaric. That is doubly true of trophy hunting, where the goal is not food but a handsome head or set of antlers for the wall. Sad it may be, but the balance of evidence is that trophy hunting can help conserve threatened species and their habitats, so for people who care about the fate of wildlife the real question is not whether to allow hunting, but how to manage it.
Done properly, trophy hunting can provide a source of jobs and income, and thus give…
