Key Points:
- Interestingly, trophy hunting was not objectionable from an animal rights perspective, but as a consequence of its complex historical and postcolonial associations.
- Criticism was directed at African politicians who were perceived as allowing wildlife exploitation to satisfy their own greed.
- The dominant pattern was resentment towards what was viewed as the neo-colonial character of trophy hunting, in the way it privileges Western elites in accessing Africa’s wildlife resources.
