Animal Trophies Research Paper

There have been reports on “ animal trophies.” What this means is that wild animals are killed by hunters and stuffed to be kept as prizes. Almost 1.7 million animals have been hunted and sent across country borders for the past ten years. As many as 200,000 of those animals were on the endangered list. One report found that American hunters are the number one largest killers of trophy animals. About half of the 11,000 lions were shot by Americans. An American dentist paid more than $50,000 to kill a lion named Cecil. It was tracked by conservation scientists in Zimbabwe. A report from the animal-rights group International Fund for Animals Welfare (IFAW) reveals “ how large the international trophy-hunting industry is.” The number of

The overall total number of animal trophies may be much, much higher. Only the animals trophies that are sent to other countries are counted, they don’t count the number of animals kept where they were killed. As the director of IFAW in the United Kingdom, Philip Mansbridge, states,” The trophy-hunting industry is driven by demand, and, sadly, demand for animals trophies is common around the world.” He has trouble understanding why people would kill animals that are endangered, but who could blame him. Elephants, lions and leopards are ranked in the top 6 desired animals for trophy hunters. More than 10,000 elephants and leopards were killed with 8,000 lions. The American black bear is the most popular animal hunted. Almost 93,000 were hunted in the past ten years. Then 13,000 zebras, 9,000 baboons and 6,000 hippos. It is expensive to trophy hunt. Permits to hunt animals are higher than $10,000. The International Union for Conservation of Nature states,” Legal hunting programs can benefit wildlife conservation effort and improve the lives of people living near wildlife. But other do not agree and think that “ killing to save them” idea is not working. Nowadays, there are more polar bears now of the law that