S01E07: Trophy Hunting as Conservation?

Published: Jan. 16, 2016, 9:08 a.m.

Big game hunting is big business in many African countries but, as counterintuitive as it sounds, could hunting actually help conserve wildlife populations? Tune in to find out. Also in the episode, the ladies recap the best moments and trends of 2015. Sources: 'Canned Hunting': the lions bred for slaughter http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jun/03/canned-hunting-lions-bred-slaughter Is Trophy Hunting Helping Save African Elephants? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151715-conservation-trophy-hunting-elephants-tusks-poaching-zimbabwe-namibia/ Killing in the Name of Conservation http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/issues/biodiversity/killing-in-the-name-of-conservation