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The next question my guests ask is usually: “Why can’t excess animals be captured and relocated instead of being killed?”Ī fair question that deserves a proper answer: “Firstly there are severe economic considerations. The South African National Parks Board, Kruger National Park in particular has kept the elephant population to a healthy, sustainable number of between 10.000 and 15.000.” “Here, at home, we have largely managed to act sensibly and responsibly. When confronted with the tragic results of their procrastination, their response was that the elephants had died a ‘natural death’.” “By that time nearly 15.000 elephants had died a most undignified death. “It took nearly four years to cut through the extensive bureaucratic tape before permission was granted. Nature conservationists recognised the problem in Tsavo and approached CITES, (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and other important organisations for permission to cull in order to restore the natural balance of things. Sadly, when there are too many elephants in a confined space, they can’t help but to destroy their own habitat. In times of drought a felled tree can provide shelter and food for a myriad of other animals. It creates homes for many little creatures. They ring-bark and uproot trees by the thousands. They fell trees just to get at one delicious-looking branch high up in its crown. “Unfortunately elephants do what they must. Some years ago the elephant population exceeded the park’s natural carrying capacity by some 25.000 animals. “Take Tsavo National Park in Kenya for example. It also places a great encumbrance upon us to manage their numbers to ensure a fair quality of life for all wild animals. That includes providing reserves and conservation areas in which they can live. Consequently is it not only fair that we accept responsibility for their well-being. Instead, I patiently explain: ”True, but are they not also living beings deserving a dignified death if not life? We humans have drastically interfered with the natural habitat of wild animals and mostly condemned them to live in relatively small reserves. ”After all they are bred to be eaten” is the most common defence. Most never had a chance to have sex or play with their young ones.”Īt this point my guests usually try desperately to come up with some or other justification why hunting is cruel, inhuman and quite different to killing cows, sheep, pigs, chickens and other assorted domestic creatures by the millions: The meat you are buying from the supermarket comes with few exceptions from animals that have never felt grass under their feet, have never seen the sun or eaten a natural diet. They eat a natural diet and most die a natural death if not predated or shot. They grow up and live in their natural habitat. It was once part of a living animal, with the same beautiful big eyes, the same rights as those I used to hunt. I continue in a more conciliatory fashion: “You see, meat is not just a product you find neatly packaged on your local supermarket shelf with a price tag on it.
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I think I can safely bet my entire safari fee that you never considered how many millions of cows, pigs, sheep, chickens and other animals are slaughtered every day in these awful places to satisfy your carnivorous needs.” The answer usually is a shocked: ”No, of course not!” I ask: “Have you ever been to an abattoir? Have you ever looked into the terrified eyes of those poor critters standing there for days having to endure the smell of death assaulting their every fibre?” “Why, how? Are those not also God’s creatures?” With few exceptions, the answer is: “Yes, but that is different!” I usually respond by asking a few questions of my own: “Do you eat meat?” “How could you be so cruel? How could you kill those poor animals with those lovely big eyes? Shame on you!”įamiliar words uttered by nature lovers coming with me on safari to see the wild life of Africa.ĭuring virtually all photo safaris I have had the pleasure of conducting, my clients found out that I used to hunt professionally.