Harrison, Cameron
Professor Rios
English 1
1 December 2017
Research Essay: Trophy Hunting
Imagine you’re in your front yard and all of a sudden someone with a large gun walks up and shoots you, then takes your head and mount it over their fireplace to advertise for all their guests to see. People actually do that to animals just for fun and because they can. Trophy Hunting is “a legal form of wildlife hunting in which ‘sportsmen’ pay large sums of money for the right to kill animals and take home a trophy” (Dymoke). Trophy Hunting should be banned because and animals are becoming extinct, people are killing for pleasure not food, and it does not help conservations efforts.
Trophy Hunting is revelant in today’s times because in recent events …show more content…
For some it is a cultural tradition. Some would say men feel as though, they need to show-off their inferior social status because of how costly it is to hunt. Trophy hunting also is a way for men to show to potential mates that they can provide (Khan). A professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia “described humans as ‘superpredators’ who don’t follow the typical rules of other carnivores in the animal kingdom-which can have devastating consequences for wildlife populations”(Khan). Some could argue that gender roles would be a factor in why people like to trophy hunt. In today’s society, men gender norms are to be masculine, tough, and able to support their family. In a way, trophy hunting can show that because you are taking a risk in killing such big wild animals which shows that you are brave and courageous. Also because of the amount of money it takes to hunting these animals it can show to potential mates that these men have an abundance amount of money to …show more content…
It’s counterintuitive, but banning the practice would mean the systematic slaughter of wildlife, trampling of unique ecosystems, and possible extinction of rare species. Sacrificing a quota of lions to hunters keep many other alive(Anderson and Downey).Basically, pro-hunters, believe that it is good for the ecosystem to kill these certain animals such as lions or elephants. They believe that killing these animals is ethical because it is maintaining the populations for other species that these predators might eat. But if they are killing off these predators then the other species will just end up over populating
Professor Rios
English 1
1 December 2017
Research Essay: Trophy Hunting
Imagine you’re in your front yard and all of a sudden someone with a large gun walks up and shoots you, then takes your head and mount it over their fireplace to advertise for all their guests to see. People actually do that to animals just for fun and because they can. Trophy Hunting is “a legal form of wildlife hunting in which ‘sportsmen’ pay large sums of money for the right to kill animals and take home a trophy” (Dymoke). Trophy Hunting should be banned because and animals are becoming extinct, people are killing for pleasure not food, and it does not help conservations efforts.
Trophy Hunting is revelant in today’s times because in recent events …show more content…
For some it is a cultural tradition. Some would say men feel as though, they need to show-off their inferior social status because of how costly it is to hunt. Trophy hunting also is a way for men to show to potential mates that they can provide (Khan). A professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia “described humans as ‘superpredators’ who don’t follow the typical rules of other carnivores in the animal kingdom-which can have devastating consequences for wildlife populations”(Khan). Some could argue that gender roles would be a factor in why people like to trophy hunt. In today’s society, men gender norms are to be masculine, tough, and able to support their family. In a way, trophy hunting can show that because you are taking a risk in killing such big wild animals which shows that you are brave and courageous. Also because of the amount of money it takes to hunting these animals it can show to potential mates that these men have an abundance amount of money to …show more content…
It’s counterintuitive, but banning the practice would mean the systematic slaughter of wildlife, trampling of unique ecosystems, and possible extinction of rare species. Sacrificing a quota of lions to hunters keep many other alive(Anderson and Downey).Basically, pro-hunters, believe that it is good for the ecosystem to kill these certain animals such as lions or elephants. They believe that killing these animals is ethical because it is maintaining the populations for other species that these predators might eat. But if they are killing off these predators then the other species will just end up over populating