What's the point of posting a thread stating you couldn't shoot X animal? Seems to me your on a crusade to get others to do the same.

Prosperity is a tough thing to live with.

That statement isproventrue enoughwhen you compare the poor African to the affluent American.It's a product of a country. If ya don't want them shot I'm sure the African government will be willing to go along with anyone, just pony up the cash needed to replace what they get for them hunted. It's a product, a renewable resource like corn. The intelligence of either is irrelevant unless it can be sold/used for the public's goodsuch as the way Hannibal of old used them, andI am in no way advocating irresponsible behavior so don't go there.

The fact that they're not stupid makes them a desirable animal to hunt although many (and some here) have claimed their big dumb animals that just stand there to be shot with cannons.

How do you know that elephants know themselves in a mirror, do they fix there hair or check to see if their butts are getting bigger?