It doesn't take long to get over the idea that zebras are just like horses if you try hunting one. The ones I saw in South Africa were easily among the most switched on animals I've ever encountered and that includes several species that are typically shot upon sight as varmints or freezer fillers. Their only real weakness is curiosity, at the first sign of potential danger they will retreat to the nearest high point to observe from a safe distance but on occasion they will drift in closer to watch you stalk other animals. Once they get the idea that they are being hunted though, they disappear in a hurry.
As for dolphin, anyone who spends much time trying to fish from piers or wade fishing in shallow bays in Florida gets over their affection for them real fast.
In much of Africa, South Africa especially, a lot of the meat one could buy in the store is from game animals. They raise a lot of sheep, cows and even a few pigs most but ranchers primarily eat game and any grocery store or a restaurant will usually have game meat for sale.
The SA government has little to do with most of the hunting, the exception being certain sensitive species. The animals are the property of and managed by the landowners. When the landowner has more wild animals than they want or can tolerate(competitions with their livestock) they either sell them to hunters(local or foreign) or they setup a cull and sell the meat to local butchers, groceries, or restaurants. Most of the 29 species of huntable animals in South Africa were nearly extirpated from the late 1800s through the mid 1900s due to competition with livestock and the ever present potential to spread disease to livestock. Around the late 1960s some ranchers realized they could make a better living by raising wildlife and selling hunts. By the 1990s the idea had spread and wildlife populations were flourishing.... thanks to the visionary ranchers and the hunters dollars.
