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Proposal for `Green Hunting ' of Elephants as an Alternative to Legal Sport Hunting

This article by Douglas-Hamilton makes it obvious the main point of his paper in the title . There are many African countries where elephants are hunted for sports . However , due to excessive hunting there has been a significant decrease in the male elephants with large tuskers . Female elephants have been found to prefer to mate with the largest and oldest elephants hence , if hunters keep on killing mature elephants , this will endanger the species . Furthermore , countries like Uganda and Zimbabwe

(where there 's heavy poaching ) elephants there have shorter tusks than elephants in Kenya or South Africa (where there 's no hunting and little poaching (Douglas-Hamilton , 1997

Douglas-Hamilton believes that due to the monetary benefits , African countries will not stop elephant hunting . Therefore , as an alternative he suggests that we use darts instead of bullets to hunt them . He calls this method `green hunting . By using darts , the animal can be immobilized and the hunter can then take his picture with his catch . He believes that most hunters will use darts as it 's not the killing that gives them pleasure but it 's the hunt . Douglas-Hamilton also believes that hunters can help researchers by fixing a radio-collar to the elephant , through which his movements can be monitored . Green hunting would require that the hunter takes an experienced veterinarian with him so as to monitor the health of the elephant while he 's dosed (Douglas-Hamilton , 1997

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