"I don't feel much desire to go out and shoot animals," he said.

"They kind of yelled at me, " 'How can you shoot animals?

"We have problems with people thinking we go out and shoot dumb animals sitting there."

"Well, you should be able to shoot animals for fresh meat," Gresham said.

Other licenses give permission to shoot animals (often called a hunting license).

But his ideas, which included allowing Africans to continue to shoot animals, were considered radical.

They were loaded with solid balls of lead that could shoot long animals.

Those who say they want to shoot endangered animals are told why this must not be done.

In the absence of natural predators the rangers shoot animals that are unlikely to survive.

Assault rifles are not designed to shoot animals at a distance.