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. 2012 Jan 11;7(1):e29332. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029332

Table 1. Mean price (daily rates, minimum number of days required, trophy fees) and number of key species and plains game typically hunted on safari packages as determined from hunting operator websites and standardized hunt return forms (The Hunting Report website, www.thehuntingreport.com, accessed 2011, June 5).

Package Price of hunt packages Number of animals hunted
Daily rate Min. Days Trophy fee Lion Elephant Leopard Buffalo Sableb PGa
Mozambique Elephant 1,840 21 17,750 0 1.00 0 0.57 0 1.29
n = 43 Lion 1,800 18 13,286 1.00 0 0.44 0.44 0.33 3.89
Leopard 1,821 12 4,444 1.00 0.33 0.17 3.83
Buffalo 1,408 10 2,734 1.00 0.20 1.90
Sable 650 10 3,630 1.00 2.33
Namibia Lion 1,975 20 22,940 1.00 0 0 0 0 5.00
n = 31 Elephant 1,617 16 15,875 1.00 0.1 0.20 0 1.20
Leopard 1,045 14 5,142 1.00 0.20 0 4.00
Sable 1,427 12 9,125 0.25 1.00 2.50
Buffalo 1,567 9 6,413 1.00 0 2.13
Tanzania Lion 3,061 21 11,835 1.00 0.10 0.60 0.70 - 5.20
n = 35 Elephant 2,437 20 24,488 1.00 0.40 0.60 - 3.60
Leopard 2,931 16 8,634 1.00 0.70 - 6.70
Buffalo 2,198 9 4,331 1.30 - 4.50
Zambia Lion 2,385 21 5,186 1.00 0 0.10 0.70 0.20 4.90
n = 51 Elephant 2,800 14 11,500 1.00 0 1.00 0 7.00
Leopard 1,709 14 3,550 1.00 0.50 0.50 5.80
Sable 1,427 12 3,557 1.00 0.30 3.90
Buffalo 1,389 8 1,781 1.00 5.50
Zimbabwe Lion 2,050 20 11,714 1.00 0.30 0.60 1.10 0.10 3.60
n = 50 Elephant 1,683 18 8,807 1.00 0.20 0.40 0.20 1.50
Leopard 1,055 15 4,341 1.00 0.60 0.10 4.30
Buffalo 1096 10 2,774 1.00 0.20 3.80
Sable 8,90 11 4,409 1.00 5.30
a

Plains game;

b

Sable were not considered a key species in Tanzania.