I have been on top of this hill in the northern Indian territory of Ladakh for more than four hours, waiting for an elusive snow leopard to emerge from his resting place on a neighboring hill.

These guns, costing up to $200,000, are favored for big-game trophy ... leopard, he was now back in Africa for elephants. According to Marnewecke, the going rate for a 14-day, single elephant hunt ...

Clients from mainly Europe or America pay money - often thousands of pounds - to hunt the chosen animal and keep a ‘trophy’ from ... shooting a leopard, standing over a giraffe.