Trophy Hunting Persuasive Speech

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Since the dawn of man, we have existed next to some of the fiercest predators. We have sometimes hunted alongside them, and eventually, we began to hunt them. It’s a simple idea, kill or be killed. But as man has evolved and continued to develop new foods and/or farming techniques, the need to kill for food has become less important. Instead, humans have adapted the idea of trophy hunting, with no other motive than to kill. It has become such a popular sport among the rich and entitled, that they seem to forget the conflict of morals, ethics and even the damage done to our planet. What can we do to stop this, before the trophy hunting begins to wipe out whole populations? The recent years have been plagued with stories upon stories of big

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