If locals stop eating wild game and turn to cattle, Africa’s wildlife loses. Game can live freely on dry bushland without destroying it. Cattle can’t — they need cleared pastures, fences, and water pumps. That means wild habitat gets turned into farmland, and every predator that touches a cow suddenly becomes a “problem animal.” Without income from hunting and game meat, wildlife stops being an asset and turns into competition. Farmers protect what feeds them — and if that’s livestock, predators