As in the U.S., there are loses to crops and livestock, a situation worsened in Africa with its minimal welfare support. After colonization, the Africans lost local control completely. Under colonial rule, wildlife was off-limits to rural Africans, and hence had no economic value for them. But at the same time they were expected to endure the constant menace posed to human life and crops. Removing the steward from the land has long been official African policy as it is fast becoming official U.S. policy.
People can co-exist with, and benefit from, wildlife.
Once a liability, wildlife becomes an economic asset. People, animals and the land thrives. Animal populations are increasing, with Zimbabwe elephant herds, for example, growing from 47,000 in 1980 to nearly 70,000 today. But preservationists and animal rights groups want what they always want. The preservationists recognize that their power as global green overlords is under threat.