Almost every impoverished African nation opens a part of its quotas each year, relying on hunting a portion of treasured animals to exchange for foreign currency.
Prices vary by region, and Joe Ga has not specifically inquired elsewhere, but in the national parks of Central Africa, a lion costs 20,000 US dollars, an elephant 18,000 US dollars, a hippopotamus 10,000, and an antelope 2,000...
If you shoot them, you can take them away, except for items like ivory that are on the prohibited trade list—you have to figure that out on your own, everything else comes with legal documentation.
The animal control department in the national parks of Central Africa has staff specifically to help with taxidermy.
It's said that this industry brings in at least two million dollars in revenue to the Central African government each year and supports thousands of people.
Joe Ga studied veterinary science, but he wasn't a passionate animal conservationist.
