“…Conservation theorists reasoned that using wildlife in ecotourism, sport hunting, ranching and game cropping could offset the costs of state funding. And because protected areas yield very little in the way of an economic return against other land uses, like agriculture, the use of animals in these ways could be justified, especially if they alleviated poverty (Adams & Infield, 2003;Eltringham, 1994;Holdgate, 1993).…”