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Addressing the complex realities of wildlife management, Conover discusses how economic incentives, such as high-priced hunts or culling old or dangerous animals, can serve conservation goals. Using examples like old male elephants or dangerous lions, he argues that preserving ecosystems sometimes involves necessary culls or targeted hunting, which many animal advocates find psychologically difficult but pragmatically essential.
He notes that habitat destruction and poaching undermine species, often more so than hunting alone. The challenge lies in aligning economic interests with environmental preservation, a task complicated by corruption and habitat encroachment, especially when economic development conflicts with conservation.