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TROPHY HUNTING OR BIG-GAME “SPORT” HAS BEEN A DARK PART OF AFRICA’S LONG HISTORY. THESE MAGNIFICENT BEINGS ARE SLAUGHTERED, LEFT TO SUFFER, AND HAVE THEIR FREEDOM UNREASONABLY TAKEN AWAY ONLY FOR OUR GREED AND INCOMPETENCE TO FIND A BETTER SOLUTION FOR THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE LEOPARD IS WIDELY AND ILLEGALLY HUNTED IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA FOR ITS TEETH AND VALUABLE SKIN. POACHERS CAN BE CAUGHT CARRYING HUNDREDS OF LEOPARD SKINS AS WELL AS FOREIGNER “BIG-GAME” HUNTERS SEEKING TROPHIES TO HANG IN THEIR HOMES. THIS ACRYLIC PIECE IS NAMED “AVARICE”. NO AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN COMPENSATE FOR A LOSS OF LIFE. TAKING A LIFE, FOR PERSONAL GAIN AND WITHOUT NECESSITY, IS EXTREMELY GREEDY AND UNETHICAL. THE LEOPARD IS DEPICTED SEIZING A WEAPON, SYMBOLIZING THEIR PLEA TO END THIS IMMORALITY. TO LIVE NATURALLY, WILD AND FREE.