You are so right about that money, bigbulls.
They found out in Africa (and as well in other parts of the world) the fact that giving up animals for hunting or (if you like) meat processing, will have more benefits than taking land for argiculture. Wild parks are very succesful in breeding and keeping animals healty (and from extinsion).
However, its till controlled by humans.
So in this case where the over population of elephants is causing sickness and over eating of crops the amount of animals will suffer major problems in the nearby future.
We can make it a big problem shooting a elephant but what would we do if we have to face sick, hungry herds of them?
Would we send our crops to them? Would we go give them medication so they can grow even more?

I like elephants to. I like deer to. I like every kind of wildlife. And hunting, and meat on my plate, and have a good life and many more things....