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Argument Against Trophy Hunting

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Trophy Hunting is the act of killing animals to use its parts for decoration like its skin, skull, or horns. It has been around for hundreds of years, used by the French since the 1800’s. Trophy Hunting is a very controversial concept, although some think it just drives species down to extinction or endangerment, others think it helps conservation since the money from the hunts will go towards conservation efforts. Despite the idea that money from the hunts goes towards larger conservation efforts, it usually doesn’t help the population of endangered species at all; it just drives the population down more so Trophy Hunting should be banned. To start out with, Grizzly Bears are the main trophy animal to hunters living in the United States, …show more content…

Trophy Hunters don’t always hunt the endangered species; they also hunt species that are overpopulated so the population of that species can stay under control. Dr. Michael H Knight and Dr. Richard Emslie, the chairman and the scientific officer of IUCN SSC African Rhino Specialist Group state “the killing of two old white rhino in 2012 paid for 49% of a $377,000 high-tech security fence”(Knight, Emslie). The hunt helped the reserve pay for a fence that could save the animals on the reserve from many dangers like poachers. Also, the rhinos that were killed were old. Since the rhinos were old, they might not have been able to fend for themselves anymore so killing the old ones were the best choice and because the hunters took two of these rhinos lives, they caused all the other rhinos on the reserve to now have protection. According to Jada F. Smith, a news article writer for the New York Times says “we found many troubling examples of funds’ either being diverted from their purpose or not being dedicated to conservation in the first place”(Smith). This is why we have the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. It makes sure that all the money from trophy hunting gets dedicated to a cause that helps protect endangered animals. Even if we didn’t have that organization and the hunters didn’t pay, then they wouldn’t be able to hunt the species they’re going after. Trophy hunting can help with many things concerning conservation and protection of an endangered species if it’s done the right

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