Wildlife Tourism : A Positive Or Negative Effect On Society

The development of tourism around certain key wildlife species can be problematic. Evaluate strategies which are used, around the world, to seek a working balance in the Nature-People relationship?

"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.

Hunting is a common controversial issue among people. Determining when killing an animal is necessary and ethical has mixed viewpoints. One type of hunting that generally creates feelings of animosity among people is trophy hunting. There are very few ethical theories and ideas that support trophy hunting. Trophy hunting is a form of hunting in which the hunter kills an animal with the main goal of taking a part or parts of that animal for a trophy. The majority of trophy hunting occurs in Africa, with big game as the most popular trophies, but trophy hunting also applies to non-exotic species as well. In this paper, I will start with introducing a recent incident involving the killing of a popular African lion, then outlining the main ethical issues with trophy hunting. Next I will analyze the trophy hunting from an anthropocentric, biocentric, and ecocentric viewpoint, and finally I will propose a few solutions that would make trophy hunting a more ethical activity. Trophy hunting has been said to provide many benefits to conservation and preservation of species but is ethically lacking; with some stronger laws and regulations trophy hunting has the potential to be both ethically acceptable and beneficial to the environment.

In this article the author used a variety of rhetorical devices in order to inform readers of a great issue at hand; some hunting has become an awful institution. It was not difficult for the author to quickly connect to the audience emotionally as Cecil’s saddening story was revealed in a great depth. The author revealed how Cecil the lion was shot with a bow and arrow and wounded for a brutal two days before he was shot and killed by Minnesota dentist, Walter J. Palmer. The author revealed this in the quote that states, “Cecil, a well-known lion at a national park in zimbabwe, was lured out of the park and shot with a bow and arrow earlier this month. The arrow didn’t kill him...the hunters tracked the wounded animal for the next two days before shooting him with a gun.” Revealing Cecil’s inhumane death most definitely establishes a very despairing tone and will spark an emotional reaction from readers. The fact that this lion suffered as he was tortured over a three day period made this situation even more saddening. Not only was Cecil’s death a horrible crime but the fact that he endured

We capture, contain, and control the very wildness of these animals, we so admire them for. We decorate a large bucket of water, or a box of bars to resemble a shallow shadow of the wilderness they should be in. These animals held captive in collective groups as a means to entertain us. We are trading the wonder of nature, seen in it’s own wilderness area for animal showmanship and entertainment. Losing the remarkable sensations of hope and renewal we experience, as we stand in a wilderness land, quietly observing animals and nature in the wildly beautiful and raw lands. The absence of our own lack of realization that nature and the wild places we call the wilderness are under attack. They are in danger of being beyond repair. It overwhelms the senses, and is not to be tolerated.

In Heather Wilhelm’s “Cecil the Lion and America’s Broken Outrage Meter,” written in 2015, the killing of Africa’s most beloved lion is discussed and tried. Cecil the Lion is one of Zimbabwe’s most famous animals and is located on his own natural preserve. Dr. Walter James Palmer, dentist from Minnesota, hired a group of “professional guides” to assist him in the hunting of the king of the jungle. Palmer says he did not know of Cecil the lion and only wanted to sportily hunt the animal, not to cruelly murder him. This controversy has been going on for over 3 months now on what really happened and who is responsible for the bloodshed of the famous lion. Celebrities such as Sharon Osbourne, Jimmy Kimmel, and even PETA themselves have suggested

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

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.

The idea that killing an animal without a purpose to eat the meat it provides seems wasteful and unethical to a large amount of the public. In this essay I will be magnifying the actuality of trophy hunting in a lens that will describe the structure of trophy hunting and why it is practiced, but most importantly why it is important for the rest of the world to be aware of it. If we erase the misconceptions and the chaotic bias on both sides, will there be a solution? At this pace, America just like in many other instances of tragedy that have happened throughout world

The specific animal that had been shot by them was Cecil the Lion. He was a protected lion that was a huge tourist attraction that brought revenue for the Zimbabwe community. The man had paid his trackers an estimated 50,000 which was rumored to help the the conservation but was not and most of the money for jobs like these get stored away in different bank accounts. Especially places like Africa where people pay to go on safaris or universities pay to do studies on endangered animals Trophy Hunting should be banned. Even “...small country like Rwanda has managed to turn its 200 mountain gorillas into a $200 million a year industry.” However illegal hunting of protected animals in threatening their

According to the National Public Radio article by Barbara J. King, “Raising Voices for Cecil the Lion” from July 30, 2015, people around the world are calling for justice for the iconic lion from Zimbabwe. The article says that Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota, legally paid to have a group of locals take him hunting in Zimbabwe. However, the locals, either with or without Palmer’s help, illegally lured Cecil out of the Hwange National Park to kill him. Palmer then shot the lion with an arrow, tracked him for hours, and killed him with a rifle. The local

Doctoral student in molecular and cellular biosciences at Wake Forest University, Goodwell Nzou, in his opinion piece, “In Zimbabwe, We Don’t Cry for Lions,” effectively claims that Americans are not making a feasible claim when they are over expressing their feeling about Cecil's death, when in fact lions are harmful and kill villagers. He supports this claim asserting American are over exaggerating Cecil’s death and are acting like this has never happened before. Nzou uses rhetorical questions and sarcasm to appeal to pathos when stating, “Did all those Americans signing petitions understand that lions actually kill people? That all the talk about Cecil being “beloved” or a “local favorite” was media hype?

Recently, the poaching controversy has gained more attention in the news and media due to the killing of Cecil the Lion back in 2015. But what exactly is poaching and why is it illegal? Poaching can be defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals. Animals are captured and killed for their parts and products that are eventually sold on the black market and to cartels to make medicines, trinkets, and other products. Animals are typically poached for personal gain and value.The the illegal poaching trade in Africa alone has accumulated a worth of $17 billion dollars a year and it keeps growing. Ivory, fur, skin, and bones especially are in high demand and places/people are willing to pay high numbers for these products, so it is no surprise that people continue to hunt them. Due to poaching, the tiger is one of the most endangered species in the world . Tiger parts, such as fur, skin, and bones, are seen as a luxury and are used as commerce on the black market and secretly throughout Asia. Although China has participated in the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species, the laws are commonly ignored and it remains the primary destination for tiger parts. Elephants are also on the brink of extinction and the number hunted per year keeps increasing. Despite international ivory trade being banned in the 1990s, it is still sold on the black market and sought after in Asia; once again, China being the biggest demander. According to Kideghesho in Sage Journals , “widespread poaching coupled with inefficient law enforcement in Tanzania was manifested in the dramatic decline of the elephant population to less than 30% of what it was in 1979, a drop from 316,000 to 85,000 by 1987.” Rhinos are also greatly sought after in Africa. In

When a Minnesota dentist killed a prized African lion named "Cecil" he received an onslaught of criticism and reignited the debate concerning hunting. I hunt. I have hunted for years and I don't see anything wrong with it.  The reasons I hunt are for the meat, I think it tastes better than store-bought meat and it doesn't have any additives in it, and for the time I get to spend out in the mountains. However, there are some people who are against hunting.

When it comes to the topic of ecotourism, most of us will readily agree that it is a less harmful alternative to mass-tourism and that it promotes responsible and low-impact travel to areas where flora, fauna and cultural heritage are the primary drawing power. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of what the impact of ecotourism actually is and what its long-term consequences are. Whereas some are convinced that ecotourism provides the basis for sustainable development, particularly in places that suffer from exploitation and excessive resources’ usage, and that could only improve the general conditions of the local people, others maintain that we are still far from true ecotourism, for many are those in the