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| Crosmary, W.-G.; Cote, S.D.; Fritz, H. | |
| The assessment of the role of trophy hunting in wildlife conservation | |
| 2015 Animal Conservation (18): 136-137 | |
Scientists have debated the role of trophy hunting in wildlife conservation for decades (Dickson, Hutton & Adams, 2009). Wildlife conservation requires funding and identification of priorities that go beyond the simple protection of wildlife. Setting aside large areas of natural habitats and protecting their wildlife bears extensive and crippling costs for governments and local communities (McCarthy et al., 2012; Barua, Bhagwat & Jadhav, 2013). Wildlife viewing tourism generates considerable amounts of money that economically may justify wildlife protection from financially competing land uses, such as agriculture, or forest exploitation. However, viewing tourism is not always sufficient to offset the costs associated with wildlife conservation (Selier & Di Minin, 2015). Many National Parks have failed to protect their wildlife (e.g. Western, Russell & Cuthill, 2009), in regions of political instability, in remote wilderness areas, or where wildlife densities are low. In these situations, sustainable trophy hunting may be a viable alternative for wildlife conservation (Lindsey et al., 2006). |
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