| Trophy hunting elicits strong emotions with most | | | | food for the camp and for nourishment of local |
| people either being firm supporters or opponents. | | | | communities which are often purely subsistence |
| Public debate around trophy hunting often centres on | | | | farmers who frequently experience famine and |
| the question of the morality of sport hunting and the | | | | general destitution. |
| question of the extent to which the money paid by | | | | Trophy hunting that is ethical and community-based, |
| trophy hunters benefits the population of game | | | | is one of the most effective methods of both |
| animals and the local economy. | | | | improving genetic quality of a game population and |
| Trophy hunting is the selective hunting of old wild | | | | teaching local communities that sustainable utilisation |
| game animals. While parts of the slain animal are kept | | | | of natural resources is in their and the animals best |
| as a trophies, the carcass itself is always used as | | | | interest. |