"Trophy" hunting

[Bobbie Ireland]

Guess I will never understand the mind-set of people who hunt for sport, not for food...

Lion and leopard numbers in Tanzania will crash unless fewer big cats are killed by trophy hunters.

Trophy or 'sport' hunting can be used as a conservation measure, with the money hunters pay being used to help protect a wider population of animals.

But even in Tanzania, which is open about how much trophy hunting it allows, too many big cats are being killed and of the wrong age. So say conservation experts who have published a new study of the industry...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8993000/8993557.stm