elephant hunting
Safari's controversial quarry
Elephant hunting is the pursuit and killing of elephants, historically for ivory tusks, meat, or sport.
Once a prestigious activity among colonial-era big game hunters, it now carries strong negative connotations due to elephant population decline and conservation concerns.
The phrase sometimes appears figuratively for pursuing large, valuable targets: The sales team is elephant hunting—going after Fortune 500 clients.
- ivoryTusk-derived material
- ivory tradeCommerce in elephant tusks
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- safariWildlife observation journey
- game reserveProtected habitat for animals
tusks · trophy · rifle · Africa · African plains · savanna · big game · tracker · herd · stampede · tusk · bullets · bush · Kenya · endangered · endangered species · conservation · smuggling
- huntingtracking, deer calls, stands, flushing, rifle
- overexploitationoverfishing, overfish, overhunting, overharvest, overgrazing
- ancient elephants
elephant huntingwildlife conservation
Protecting animals and ecosystems
species preservation · habitat protection · anti-poaching · wildlife sanctuaries · rewilding
elephant huntingphoto safari
Trip to photograph wild animals
wildlife photography · ecotourism · wildlife tourism · wildlife research
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