Save these species and we re running out of time. so we tried to look at creative solutions and make people from both sides kind of think it over. what is is the one thing that maybe surprised you the most? i think it was my own reaction to a lot of things. there was an incident where we were witness iing the number of hunts. it was quite challenging. it pulls at your heart strings. after the hunt, all of the villagers come and harvest the meat and take away the elephant. it was really shocking to understand that my relationship to these animals is very different than their relationship to these animals. if we continue to look at conservation from only the western set of eyes, it s going to be very hard if we can t empathize with what s happening on the ground in the local areas. people have a lot of preconceived notions when they think about hunting. especially when it comes to big game hunts. i have covered stories about the illegal ivory trade and how there s been a movement t
After an internet fire storm of negative comments and even death threats, kendall jones, that texas teen hunter, is now firing back. she insists her hunts do a lot of good things. here to explain the truth behind these big game hunts is hunter himself and author greg bodyington. how is this 19-year-old cheerleader doing something that is good for the people that, in this case, of africa? well, throughout the world. hunters really pay for the majority of wildlife management. in the third world, africa being a great example, it s really important because safari hunting as she participated in, places value on these animals. it s important turned it s fully legal. it s sanctioned not only by the country of origin, but by the international body, the convention on international trade and endangered species, and really sanctioned by u.s. fish and wildlife in that the animals she hunted she s perfectly welcome to bring them back into the united states with proper permits. but in africa, sa