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“Non-ethical arguments against trophy hunting can mostly be remedied through scientific adaptive management.”
Adaptive management can reduce some ecological and harvest-related risks, but the evidence does not show that it resolves most non-ethical objections to trophy hunting. Its effectiveness depends on reliable monitoring, accurate age assessment, enforcement, and aligned incentives—conditions often absent in practice. Broader governance and socioeconomic concerns also extend beyond what scientific management alone can remedy.
“Disregarding governance quality and socioeconomic factors, scientific adaptive management can remedy most non-ethical objections to trophy hunting.”
Scientific adaptive management can mitigate selected biological and quota-setting risks, but the evidence does not show that it remedies most non-ethical objections to trophy hunting. Major concerns—including external threats, monitoring uncertainty, species-specific biological limits, and cumulative impacts—remain. Governance and socioeconomic conditions also cannot be cleanly excluded because they determine implementation, compliance, incentives, and conservation outcomes.