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There is this guy who killed 40,000 elephants because he thought it'd improve the environment.
His name was Allan Savory.
Anyways, it was a poor decision, which harmed the natural regrowth of grasses in Africa. And probably contributed to drought and poor soil conditions there. Sadly, he has been regarded as an expert and heralded as an environmentalist par excellance. So, less of a stupid prize for him than a poor prize for humanity writ-large.
Wasn’t it something like the elephants were helping the soil by trampling it as they walked around?