Green Hunting
On the 9th of May, 2002 a huge elephant with tusks weighing over 100lbs a side was shot by a Texan hunter, in South Africa. Such large bulls are revered by female elephants, and are very rare in Africa today, as they have been selectively killed for their tusks. This one had strayed from the protection of the Kruger National Park into the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve on its western boundary. However this was a hunt with a difference. It was non-lethal.
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Timbavati, with the support of STE, has pioneered the concept of Green Hunting elephants. The idea is that hunters should be permitted to hunt an elephant when elephants are darted for research, and the funds generated are fed back into the conservation budget. This concept involves the use of immobilizing darts rather than bullets during the hunt.
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