Fair enough, I agree. However, these problems from the past are slowly unraveling. New boundries are being drawn and new governments are stepping up-some good, some not so good. From a conservationist's point of view, do we just ignore the wildlife and let poaching run rampant? This is a problem now! It requires a solution now!Someone has to pay for it! I mean, it takes time and money to establish governments with their laws and regulations. While the bureaucrats are hammering out details, poachers are hammering away at the rhinos and elephants, etc. Anti-poachers are training to combat these theives. They train witha lot of heart and soul. They spend months away from their families. They lay it on the line. They are soldiers on a bloody battlefeild. They make $30 per month. They have my full respect! Again, It's hard to tax people with nothing. I am thankful for giraffe hunters.

I understand your issue with the giraffe, but I can assure you that this is not wholesale rape, blunder, and pillage. Hunting in Africa is very well orchestrated and becoming more so with each passing day. Most thick skinned games are heavily protected. They are not killed for the sake of killing.

I personally think each and every one of us should forego our tax refund checks in lieu of round trip airline tickets to Africa. If nothing else just to see how others live. It will leave you with your eyes and mindwide open. I can guarantee all the whining and complaining, we do, will cease. We have it well here in America!