I'm all for animal conservation, and i find game hunting to be a terrible thing to do. In many cases there's reasons behind why it's allowed, and if you look at certain animal populations in Africa where hunting is allowed vs where it's illegal; the places where it's allowed the species have increased their numbers. This GQ article is one hell of an interesting article, that explains it better and relates the tale of a texan woman that goes elephant hunting. well worth the read, if not for the cool graphs alone.
http://www.gq.com/long-form/who-want...ot-an-elephant