Their meat, milk, and hides are all of excellent quality, and experimental eland husbandry has been going on for some years in both and Zimbabwe.
In the past, one male had around 15-20 females but due to poaching the number of males has decreased and now the ratio is around 30 females to each male.
Many species of antelope have been imported to other parts of the world, especially the United States, for exotic game hunting.