Why Are Trophy Hunting Bad

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Trophy Hunting, the Good and the Bad Trophy hunting big game species may have a positive effect on the animal population. What would happen if trophy hunting were not so expensive? It could be that if it was not so expensive it would not be as rewarding. What is happening to the population of animals that are being trophy hunted? People might be getting trophy hunting mixed up with poaching. How can trophy hunting change the way people look at hunting? People might take the fun and tradition out of hunting and merely hunting a sport.

John Branch wrote an article in the New York Times called “The Ultimate Pursuit in Hunting Sheep.” This article explains the history of sheep hunting big horned sheep. “Hunting sheep isn’t easy,” says Brendan Burns who was watching a herd of sheep while crouched behind a rock. Sheep have acute sentences and they will spook like a flock of birds. There used to be sheep on
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The conservationists of Africa argues that trophy hunting cogenerates crucial revenues. The people of that region love the hunters. “Parts of the animal such as the skin or head and horns are kept as a trophy; the carcass is used for food.” (Parker) In 2012, foreign hunters spent a total of 115 million dollars in South Africa just in hunting. The hunting industry brings in more than 744 million and employs 70,000 people. It is the single most lucrative form of commercial land use. Kruger Park has a million visitors each year and still cannot defend its rhinos. Even though it has tourism and donations, they don’t even come close to the billion dollars needed to keep these places open. The only way there will be incentive for those landowners to protect and keep on investing in rhino is if they have an economic value. “I think that trophy hunting is essential if we are going to look for long term future for rhinos”