Trophy hunting is when someone hunts for certain for fun. Trophy hunting can be non-beneficial futuristically and economically . Trophy hunting can cause animals to change differently evolutionary and not much money goes to communities. Animals can start changing differently through evolution by trophy hunting. “By targeting the biggest and most impressive specimens for their trophies, hunters can act as a force similar to natural selection on small populations. If all the elephants with big tusks...are preferentially killed, individuals with less favorable traits will be selected to pass on their genes, to the detriment of the species in the long run. “ (McCarthy, 2015) Animals will start evolving to weaker animals because people are killing them for certain parts of their bodies. For example, hunting elephants for their tusks. Trophy hunting doesn’t help anyone economically. “Only 3% of the
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“White Rhino increased in South Africa from 1,800 (in 1968) to around 18,400; and Black Rhino increased in South Africa and Namibia from around 2,520 (in 2004) to around 3,500. By end 2015, these two countries conserved 90% of Africa’s rhinos...” (Smith, 2017) Rhinos population have increased throughout the years. But, trophy hunting is not helpful. “On average, trophy hunting generates around 1.8% of total tourist revenue in African countries that allow the practice. Despite the huge fees paid by trophy hunters, ecotourism has been shown to generate 15 times the revenue of trophy hunting, much of which goes to conservation efforts. It’s a simple numbers game: while 70% of Americans would pay to see a lion, less than 7% would pay to kill one, making lions more valuable alive than dead.” (McCarthy, 2015) Lions are seen more valuable when alive rather dead causing people to pay to hunt the animal. In closing, Trophy hunting will not help the future and the
“White Rhino increased in South Africa from 1,800 (in 1968) to around 18,400; and Black Rhino increased in South Africa and Namibia from around 2,520 (in 2004) to around 3,500. By end 2015, these two countries conserved 90% of Africa’s rhinos...” (Smith, 2017) Rhinos population have increased throughout the years. But, trophy hunting is not helpful. “On average, trophy hunting generates around 1.8% of total tourist revenue in African countries that allow the practice. Despite the huge fees paid by trophy hunters, ecotourism has been shown to generate 15 times the revenue of trophy hunting, much of which goes to conservation efforts. It’s a simple numbers game: while 70% of Americans would pay to see a lion, less than 7% would pay to kill one, making lions more valuable alive than dead.” (McCarthy, 2015) Lions are seen more valuable when alive rather dead causing people to pay to hunt the animal. In closing, Trophy hunting will not help the future and the