Research by African academics into local attitudes towards trophy hunting found many had either never heard of it or could not understand the colonial concept of killing an African animal for sport. It also found that trophy hunting’s contribution to local communities is minimal at best. For every US $100 of revenues from trophy hunting, just US $3 of that trickles down to the local communities – and that is in the best-case scenario.
A new report from the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting has found that trophy hunting revenues constitute around 1.1 – 2% of total tourism revenue. Other forms of wildlife tourism, on the other hand, are making a much more significant contribution to the economies of African countries. In terms of funding for conservation, non-consumptive tourism such as photo safaris contribute significant income to African economies – approximately US $25 – 30 billion every year.
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