“SO LONG as a species has value, and people are prepared to pay to hunt that species, it will be well looked after.” The aforementioned quote may sound clichéd, but it remains a truism. I believe that, as ethical sport hunters, we need perhaps to revisit our definition of sport hunting and trophy hunting. If you ask non-hunting members of the public to describe their mental image of hunting, you can bet they’ll say it’s one of macho men indulging in disgusting blood-sport purely for the sake of killing. Well, that is the sort of response I would get here in the UK if I were to pose the question.
Some, perhaps, may even say the animals have absolutely no chance against high-powered rifles, especially if they are being hunted in a fenced area. Before we left SA, at social gatherings
