The Lion Population Of Africa

Did you know that the number of lions has dropped by over 300,000 over the past 50 years, or that the lions in Africa are losing their habitat? In the Scope Magazine article, Attack of the Man-Eaters, by Lauren Tarshis— Colonel J. H. Patterson was a British engineer who was building a railroad in Africa in the late 1800’s. He had no idea what sort of terrors he would face during his journey. In the other Scope article, Meet the Lion Whisperer by Susan Orlean, a man named Kevin Richardson shares his amazing story of the bonds he has with his lion friends. Throughout both articles, they have many similarities and differences.

"Outcry for Cecil the Lion Could Undercut Conservation Efforts." The New York Times. The New York Times, 10 Aug. 2015. Web. 26 Sept. 2016. It begins to explain the perspective of Mr. Dorrington. A nonfiction piece of emotion, so not actually true. It portrays a feeling of what he felt as many others when Cecil was killed. After it begins to explain what would have happened if someone were to want to buy game off of National organizations. In Africa’s case; “There’s only two places on the earth where wildlife at a large scale has actually increased in the 20th century, and those are North America and southern Africa,” [said Rosie Cooney, a zoologist who is the chairwoman of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group. “Both of those models of conservation were built around hunting.”] So it’s acceptable as a “sport” but when you think about organizations taking almost extinct animals and using that district as something for fun you decrease the animal species, whereas when you look where there are animal perseverations the large scale has actually increases.

When Nzou says, “I can’t eat elephant meat; it would be akin to eating a relative’s flesh,” it stresses the amount of respect they have for their animals. But yet, he explains that it doesn’t stop them from being hunted when danger is provoked. Finally, Goodwell Nzou asserts that Americans have no right in feeling bad for Cecil, when Zimbabweans are seen as prey to lions as

In general, the researchers found that the participants were willing to act in support of panther recovery, had a positive perception of conservation, supported management efforts for panther recovery, had a low perceived

The death of an endangered species was a very controversial subjects within the world today. One of the most recent was the illegal hunting and killing of Cecil the Lion. Walter Palmer, the hunter, tracked and stole the life of an endangered species. In Matthew Drake’s article, “Cecil the Lion,” Walter Palmer should be fined because he poached an endangered species, he killed an endangered species, and he caused a cascade of deaths within the pride. One of the major arguments was that Palmer took the life of a dwindling species.

According to npr.org, nature tourism generates 13 to 15 times more revenue than big game trophy hunting. A 2011 poll found over 70% of Americans would pay to view a lion. Less than 7% would pay to kill a lion. Ninety-five percent of Americans are opposed to hurting any species that is threatened. Some may argue that big game hunting also provides revenue, but in reality trophy hunting only generates millions of dollars

From the furore over trophy hunting, the public could be forgiven for thinking that it was the major threat facing lions. But in reality, the key issues are loss of habitat, prey loss from bushmeat poaching and

South Africa has been an attraction for tourist hunters from the USA and Europe for decades. Its concept, a grim reality. Young lion cubs are taken from their mothers at birth. They are then raised by hand and bred in captivity, as commodities, for the sole purpose of being targeted in an enclosed hunting ground, where they have no chance to evade their hunters. Often times they are drugged or even baited with food.

An African Lion is heartless. An African Lion is mean. An African Lion shows no pity. Not! If you look at the facts, they aren’t any of those things. In fact, Lions are often found in their packs purring and nuzzling each other while sleeping. While hunting, they don’t violently attack the prey, causing pain, they hunt using different, less painful methods. You can tell a lot about these majestic creatures from their habitat, appearance, and life.

For example, Jeffrey Flocken, works to protect animal rights, and he states, “Animals are worth more alive in the wild than as dead trophies mounted and hung on a wall.” (Potenza) Tourists travel all over the world to see the amazing creatures that roam the earth. No one is going to travel thousands of miles to see a dead animal. Safaris rides to see animals living in their natural habitat alive bring is much more money than a dead animal’s head on a wall. Another significant reason, is a report in 2013 found that only three percent of trophy hunting funds went to the locals (Onushi). Thousands of dollars are spent to be able to trophy hunt, but the money is supposed to go back to the community and sadly it does not. The money that is gained by the hunters should go to the funding of national parks to protect the animals. Lastly, in 2013 over 33.8 million tourists have visited Africa, bringing in over 36 billion dollars (“Africa”). Tourists have brought in so much money and will continue to bring more money into Africa each year. All of this money boosts the economy and helps produce living conditions and make more jobs. Such a small amount of money was gained from trophy hunting it could not help same any animals; conservationists were lucky tourism brought in such a large

Following the cruel death of Cecil the Lion, debate has surfaced regarding Trophy Hunting. In an opinion piece for The Herald Sun on the 3rd of August 2015, Rita Panahih argues in an outraged and dismayed fashion, that the despicable business of slaughtering wild animals must be stopped. The audience for this piece of writing seems to be animal-lovers or even people who in general care about our wildlife. This piece displays the awful ‘game’ that hunter’s play that kills hundreds of innocent, beautiful animals a year.

The economic considerations in wildlife management describes the use of economic theory for wildlife management, which includes approaches of non-market evaluation, economic impact, modeling, and simulation. Furthermore, the a point that stood out to me in reading was the aspect of economic value of nature and how it can change based off the population of the animals that inhabit, like too many or too little deer. What should we consider before addressing a “nuisance” animal problem? In addition, which taxonomy of economic values of life would like more for preservation than conservation and vice

Big-game hunting is ethical if executed properly. With the recent death of Cecil the lion, renowned and “beloved” tenant of a local animal reserve in Zimbabwe, a massive uproar of “anti-hunting” protests have risen to the surface. While these oppositions are with good intentions they also squash the opinions and experiences of native Zimbabweans who view creatures like Cecil as objects of terror. While it is true that trophy hunting is indeed unethical, as it is harmful to the ecosystem, the native people of areas where hunters can pay to slay large game think otherwise. As the individuals most greatly impacted by changes in the ecosystem, their voices deserve to be heard over those of sympathetic Americans. In the article “In Zimbabwe, We

It is common knowledge that many animals in Africa are going extinct and it is most definitely because of the involvement of people. For example, 10,000-15,000 free-roaming African lions remain, down from 50,000 a decade ago and In 1900 there were about 100,000 cheetah worldwide, present estimates place their number at 10,000 -15,000 with about one tenth of those living in captivity. Because of this many people feel that it is our responsibility to make sure that they survive, or at least continue as nature would intend. Well that is simply an unrealistic expectation, but we should try to make sure we don’t completely ruin the ecosystems, and trophy hunting is the last in a long line of problems to be resolved, and as for now it is actually one of the only things helping certain regions who impose it properly.

Planet Earth is the one and only home for humans, and it’s their natural duty to protect it and all of its inhabitants. For many people, the fate of animals is of little importance, especially when there are so many of their own species suffering throughout the world. However, only when one has respect for nature can he or she come to appreciate for his or herself. In the past few decades, some animals have progressively come closer and closer to extinction. When compared to demographics 30 years ago, less than 5% of tiger and rhino populations remain in the wild (Congressional). The main culprits for this abominable crime against nature are avaricious poachers who seek personal gain and profit. Poaching is the illegal killing of