Where I'm from, people don't eat them, they just kill them for their tusks, which I think is pretty awful.

... But it turns out the island is owned by antother hunter named Zaroff, and he's such a good hunter that he doesn't think animals are a challenge anymore.

[she drops her voice into her best campfire tale register]

So he made Ship Trap Island on purpose, to hunt the people who washed up there. Because he's convinced humans are the most clever animal. And he gives the American three days to survive.