I noted that Tom Selleck was wearing a hat with an elephant on it a couple episodes ago in the Blue Bloods TV show. Looked up the logo and it was the
http://www.greatelephantcensus.com. I recall all the crap Selleck took from the unknowing animal preservation folks when he killed an elephant on the show Under Wild Skies. He's pretty much beyond PC so I doubt his position has changed and he is certainly a friend of hunters.
That study (the first that really tried to count all the elephants) found the biggest issue contributing to an annual 8% decline in population is poaching. We all know the biggest contributors to anti-poaching are hunters but the PR campaign never seems to get around to the connection between more legal hunting and less poachers.