Game farm

An American dentist by the name of Walter James Palmer, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, killed Cecil the Lion during a hunting trip in Zimbabwe.

Eventually, Palmer was not charged in the slaying of Cecil due to his hunting permit and has been allowed back in the country exclusively as a visitor.

The biodiverse ecosystem that exists in South Africa is the foundation that provides one of the most prosperous game meat in the African continent.

Tourism is viewed as key strategy that can eventually lead to economic prosperity which in turn would promote development in the local communities.

The South African government has made efforts to utilize these game farms as developed sustainable ecotourism attractions.

Wildlife hunters are extremely attracted to private games farms which can produce higher income compared some of South Africa's most successful nature reserves.

People who do not have the financial structure to enter a game farm are said to appropriate bushmeat through illegal hunting where poachers are the primary actors.

[9] Game farms create network that is internationally proactive and interconnected but fractured at the local level due to racial inequalities that have plagued South Africa.

This dichotomy of the two networks have created spaces for international clients and local elites to congregate and engage in trophy hunting due to private ownership which in turn ignores the advancement of rural employment.