Ahmed describes the economic case against trophy hunting. It is argued that putting a price on animals such as lions, rhinos, and will help an area to preserve that animals population. Many people claim that trophy hunting is a multi million dollar a year enterprise. However, it’s much smaller than that, only 3% of revenue from trophy hunting goes to community development, and trophy hunting only accounts for 2% of tourist related attractions.Many sub-Saharan African countries now have a ban on trophy hunting, yet others allow “canned hunting” in which big game animals are bred to be hunted.“If you’re just giving money to kill an animal, it doesn’t make you a conservationist,” Jeffrey Flocken of the International Fund for Animal Welfare says.
