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Trophy hunting: Money and morality

Business Daily

BBC

Business

4.4 β€’ 816 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Trophy hunting – paying to kill large animals, often in African game reserves – promotes strong feelings. Many oppose it, but some conservationists argue it adds value to wildlife and their habitats. We discuss the arguments and hear from a psychologist about the motivations of people who want to kill animals in the wild. With Doctor Sue Snyman from the School of Wildlife Conservation; Dr Mark Jones who represents the charity Born Free; tourism expert Dr Muchazondida Mkono; and Geoff Beattie, the author of Trophy Hunting: A Psychological Perspective. Vivienne Nunis also gets the view from Richard Leakey, the famous paleoanthropologist and former head of the Kenyan Wildlife Service.

Producer: Sarah Treanor.

(Photo:: A rhinoceros. Credit: Getty Images)

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0:00.0

Hello, this is Business Daily. I'm Vivienne Nunes.

0:03.9

Today we're talking about trophy hunting, paying large sums of money to kill wild animals in African game parks.

0:11.2

Many oppose it, but some conservationists argue it adds value to wildlife and their habitats.

0:17.7

If communities are not benefiting from that wildlife, there's absolutely no incentive for them to conserve it. But why do people do it? We hear from a psychologist who

0:26.9

studied the mindset of big game hunters. Certain kinds of people are attracted to it. People

0:33.7

hire narcissism, people who need and crave attention, who have a kind of insecure concept

0:38.4

of self. Trophy hunting is giving them something which they might not otherwise achieve.

0:43.3

Hunting, the money and the power. Business Daily from the BBC. Picture yourself in the African savannah.

0:58.2

Perhaps there are some wildebeest grazing nearby, some zebra or even a giraffe

1:03.4

nibbling on the high up leaves of an acacia tree.

1:06.7

Those are pretty common associations.

1:09.2

But for a small cohort of wealthy people,

1:12.2

African planes represent something altogether different.

1:18.9

A chance to shoot, kill and keep, antelope, leopards, ostrich, lions, rhinos and more.

1:30.4

This YouTube video advertising Limchroma safaris in South Africa was, for me, hard to watch.

1:40.4

It shows two men in khaki stalking a male lion with rifles. A man shoots at it, but misses,

1:47.2

and the lion scrambles away. One antelope, a red letchway, with two long spiraling horns,

1:54.1

is shot and falls to the ground, twitching as life slips away. First day on safari after a long

2:00.7

flight, get out and kind of power through the day.

2:03.6

Red Letchway is one of those things I've been after for a while.

2:07.6

This is my eighth safari and about 150 yards out.

2:11.6

Nice shot, one shot clean kill.

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