what happens to animals hunted in african safaris?
Question by Disposable Hero: what happens to animals hunted in african safaris?
I’m a hunter but i don’t believe in animals going to waste after being taken, so when i heard my friend (who is richer than fuck) talking about going hunting in africa next year, i wanted to know if the animals are used. i would hate it if my friend shot a elephant and left it to rot.
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Answer by Michael B
the people there eat it.
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of course its not wasted, the elephant carcass is shipped back to the US and madonna wears it as a skin suit
nope, the hunter is not allowed to take anything from the animal, just pictures and memories due to laws put in place by the african nations and the US.
all the parts go to legal markets or to local villagers, nothing goes to waste except for the least desirable parts, but no one wants those.
Depends on a few things such as what country in Africa, who the guide service is and what country the hunter came from.
You see there are illegal “guides” who take hunters in. There are also countries like the USA that wont allow certain animal parts in. And then other countries that really don’t have limits on what the hunter brings back despite international laws.
The legal guide services will skin out and butcher the animal. The hunter may get to bring home the hide or head mount and the meat goes to locals in the area.
The illegal guides often just leave the carcass and often sell animal parts on the black market.
As for elphants trophy hunters from the USA and some other countries are not allowed to keep any of the animal. This is one of several species of animals with such regulations on it. Here is a news story about the culling of elephants in Africa;
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5537002.ece
This story is about a woman who killed a bull elephant with a bow and it fed a village of 500 people;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5289118/Woman-hunter-kills-elephant-with-bow-and-arrow.html
So if it’s a legal guide service it actually helps the locals a great deal and no meat is wasted.
As has been said, nothing goes to waste. Local villages will divide up the elephant, local villages will most likely get a share of the meat.
Not only that, but the tag he bought to get the elephant will be used much in the same way it would be in the U.S. It will go back into park services, helping to keep the animals protected and well, etc.
Thanks for asking your question Creeper, I’ve hunted different parts of Africa on eight trips now and will be heading back in July for another upland hunt. On every trip I’ve made the game that we take is either used in the hunting lodge for the owner, guest, and workers or is donated to the local villages. In the Namibia area the PH’s hire locals as assistants to help spot, drive, and pack out the game. In return we as hunters tip them and donate our meat back to the local villages. If you want to have a life changing experience go and have a evening meal with a local village that you donate a Kudu to. I went with a guides helper one night and stayed overnight with his family, the food, the dance, the celebration of thanks for giving them the animal. All I can say is I have a greater appreciation for people when I get to do things like that. If it wasn’t for hunting then I wouldn’t get to share an experience like that.
As for letting game rot, that doesn’t happen unless it’s poachers out for hides or trophy’s. I’ve first hand seen the results of what happens to animals that are taken during a professional hunt and will tell you that nothing is wasted. Even the entrails are used to bait other game for predator hunts. The animals I’ve taken are skinned out and caped, packed in salt and saw dust, permits are filed, and I have them shipped to a local taxidermist for mounting. A true professional service will take care of this and make sure all of the cost are discussed with you. Also depending on where you go and the service used there may be extra trophy fee’s and other incurred cost. Check about inclusive hunts that have full meals, bar, travel to and from the camp, ranch house, and field. I have had to pay for packers out of pocket before. I had a PH and tracker as part of the hunt; but when I took a water buffalo I had to go and hire my own packers to haul it out. Needless to say I don’t use that service anymore. Most of the PH’s and service listed on SCI, and listed on shows like Nosler or Ruger outdoors are good services. I have had great luck and been treated great by all of the British and South African PH’s, I had to rather crappy experiences with an american PH who was only out for money. You can check with SCI or the local consultant to see if any complaints have been filed against a PH or service you are looking at using. I now use the same service when I go over, it makes it nice to know what to expect and not have any surprises.