Hunting high and low

A selection of images from the Royal Geographical Society’s archives shows hunting in its various guises, from indigenous people on the hunt for food to the Victorian obsession with Africa’s big game
For millennia, hunting provided people throughout the world with a ready and sustainable source of protein. But as the practice has changed from nutritional necessity to recreational pastime, it has increasingly put pressure on dwindling animal populations. These images from the archives of the Royal Geographical Society document hunting practices everywhere from polar regions to African jungles

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