>>477632>paying a HUGE sum of money for the privilege of pulling the triggerIndeed, and in fact it was the post-WWII decolonization of Africa that directly lead to the endangered status of many animals, (and huge loss of habitat) as it became "racist" for White hunters to take game in Africa and hunting was banned or heavily restricted, leading to the loss of revenue and inability to pay rangers to protect these species, resulting in the thriving black market for various animal parts, (almost exclusively funded by the Chinese and Arabs) with native Black Africans killing everything that moved to make a dollar.
The only thing keeping rhinos and other endangered species from going completely extinct, is the small trickle of money from the few big game hunters who can afford to hunt Africa.