In many countries, especially the UK, \ and among some idiot shooters trophy hunting is often often derided and attacked. The following is comments by Jorge Pinero on hiwca cape buffalo carcass might be utilised and the benefits from the trophy hunted beast.

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What happens to the meat of your trophy?
by Jorge Pinero

This buffalo 2200 pounds live now is a 1000 pounds of clean boneless meat, that gets to be used for a little camp meat(the tail I will make into Cuban Oxtails for the camp and a few dinners) the remaining 990 pounds will go to all the workers on the farm as protein rations of food where few African natives eat meat. It will feed approximately 4000 meals out of one buffalo.
The natives see the economic benefit from having hunters here as they have employment in a country with 65% unemployment, they will get rations of meat for their families and all this causes the native population to decrease poaching thereby increasing wildlife numbers of all animals not just buffalo, elephants, lions, leopards etc. Hunting fees from trophy animals provide for anti poaching and are the only ones who pay for anti poaching.
This is conservation to the maximum.

1 Hunter can bring more income to a village and less of a human imprint than any photo safari.
The photo safari lodges have to have huge infrastructure and a fleet of land rovers for guests, water usage and a large development on wild lands.

One to two hunters foot print is one vehicle and a small camp with very little use of natural resources. Higher fees means distribution of funds in marginally uncomfortable areas with mosquitos, Tsetse flies, bugs never seen by the photographers as they need plush accommodations, spas and salons. A hunter does not need fancy lodges and will travel to areas often infested with bugs.

The fees paid by one hunter for the hunt of expensive wildlife requires nearly 100 photographic clients to render the benefits through direct funds that all stay within that community, not sent back to the corporations in Europe and the US that own these companies and benefit from the profits.
Hunting dollars stay in African communities
Photo Safari profits are often sent overseas!

Ecologically, photo safaris destroy more habitat than hunters ever will.

Maybe it’s time to place CITES restrictions on photographic companies as they do more damage to native wild Africa than hunters ever will!

Next time you see a wild animal in Africa, thank a hunter, their dollars are what are really saving African and world wildlife, not the photo safari industry!

Jorge Pinero