How much does a lion kill (8 photos) Bashny.Net

Inhuman selection of South African photographer David Chancellor (David Chancellor) which removes people who paid for the opportunity to kill a lion, giraffe, elephant or other representative of a large African fauna, but who choose to remain anonymous.

Lion, male - from $ 19,000
Estimated CITES, in the period 2000-2009 was exported from South Africa in 2650 captured lions, more than 250 a year. Lioness kill two times cheaper than the lion, - no more than $ 10,000 per head.


Giraffe - from $ 3700
In giraffe shooting cartridge .458 Winchester high power magnum, aiming at the head or heart. Giraffe's heart more than any other land animal, including elephants, - because of the long neck, which should be driven by the blood.



Zebra - from $ 1,200
In Africa, three species of zebras, from which you can hunt for a single do not die - Sava. In addition to hunting rifles organizers offer a choice of bow or crossbow pistol.



Wildebeest - from $ 900
As a result of forty years of continuous observations of the population of wildebeest in the Serengeti, it became known that the main cause of death of antelope - no predators, and hunger. From him killed 75% of the animals.



Bontebok - from $ 2,500
Subspecies of antelope Blesboka, preserved only in the Cape Town area, fenced in reserves and national parks, in number about 1500.



Leopard- from $ 14,000
Leopards live in 75 countries from South Africa to North Korea and from Georgia to Indonesia, but legally they can only kill in some African countries. In Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuwait were the leopards, but died out.



African bush elephant - from $ 22,000
In April, 74-year-old King of Spain Juan Carlos broke his hip while hunting elephants in Botswana. After the circumstances of the injury became known, he had to resign as honorary president of the local branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).



Blesbok - from $ 500
This type of antelope was introduced to hunting grounds in different countries, in particular, they are hunted in Texas. In their homeland, South Africa, still no hunting season for them, no license - only need permission from the land owner.



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