Deal struck to reintroduce wood bison to Alaska wild

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2. I don't understand trophy hunting but there can be reasons

To allow hunting for some species.

One reason waterfowl in the lower 48 states have lots of areas to live is that hunting organizations lobbied to protect areas for their members to hunt. For instance, Ducks Unlimited:

DU {Ducks Unlimited} got its start in 1937 during the Dust Bowl when North America’s drought-plagued waterfowl populations had plunged to unprecedented lows. Determined not to sit idly by as the continent’s waterfowl dwindled beyond recovery, a small group of sportsmen joined together to form an organization that became known as Ducks Unlimited. Its mission: habitat conservation.
http://www.ducks.org/about-du?poe=hometxt

If the hunters realize that habitat conservation is in their best interest they will join environmental groups in protecting the areas where the species they want to hunt live.

I am NOT protecting the idea of hunting for hunting's sake, but maybe we can use the hunters to add to the protected areas.