Which is why in Zimbabwe it is very hard for a foreignor to get access to an elephant herd cull hunt. And even rarer for film or photographs to be taken. Because people just can't cope with it.

But hunting and conservation is not just about grinning heads posing with a 'trophy' beast.

Far more than that tokenism, if elephants are in excess numbers science has shown the best culling method is to take out whole herds. From the youngest to the oldest.

Regarding cow ele hunting, I have done it and will do it again. Last time I pushed only for tuskless cows and was lucky to be able to take tuskless for both I took.

Cow ele hunting is far more exciting than bull hunting (per reports - I have never been able to afford a trophy ele hunt) and part of hunting.

As for filming it, people say it provides ammunition for the antis, probably does. I think educating people is a good thing though especially hunting. Of course animals have "feelings" only people completely divorced from nature wouldn't think that. Animals are animals however and are not human.

Seeing an ele butchered would turn the average metrosexual urbanite off. I as a hunter found it very interesting. The average metrosexual "plastic monkey" urbanite would find a deer being gutted sickening btw.

Showing it on TV? Probably not the best idea, better for hunting DVDs where 99% are hunters only seeing it and hopefully can use their minds to understand what is going on and why.