10-19-2015, 08:30 AM
You are right about why the dentist wasn't charged. Zimbabwe still wants the American money. They haven't seen the full value and sustainability of eco-tourism.
However, if people working in Zimbabwe can be charged, it will make jobs with trophy hunters seem less desirable. It might make younger people choosing career paths rethink their choices. There have be economic shifts if trophy hunting is going to stop. Right now it is part of the economy. These kind of changes take time. Having students choose eco-tourism over hunting as a future would be a big step.
Still, I wish there were some consequences for Cecil's killer.
However, if people working in Zimbabwe can be charged, it will make jobs with trophy hunters seem less desirable. It might make younger people choosing career paths rethink their choices. There have be economic shifts if trophy hunting is going to stop. Right now it is part of the economy. These kind of changes take time. Having students choose eco-tourism over hunting as a future would be a big step.
Still, I wish there were some consequences for Cecil's killer.
Catherine