Hunting Has Conservationists Kung Summary

In Time magazine’s article, “The Chinese Elite's New Love of Hunting Has Conservationists Worried,” author Yang Siqi describes the environmental horror that the “Chinese elite” caused by over hunting in countries such as Iran, Kenya, Mongolia and New Zealand. Sigi starts off by describing Wang Wei’s, a leader in hunting expeditions and etiquette coach, line of work. Wei opened his first company targeting Chinese citizens who wanted to go overseas to hunt in 2003, now Wei offers clients hunting expeditions in 10 countries. Ironically, Wei started off as a wildlife-management major in college and launched his career by protecting local pandas; now he’s being paid to guide those interested in killing native wildlife in other countries. It seems the money in illegal and unsavory activities is better than those that would help the world. Since gun ownership is strict in China, shooting ranges and legal hunting areas are few and far between. Those interested in hunting, or just collecting trophies, tend to travel to experience it. When a

Hunting animals with a large population in a specific area isn’t a problem because their population is stable and might even benefit from a portion of it being removed; this is not the case for the rhino. However, if an animal is hunted to the point there are only a few hundred left in the wild, that scenario might involve the possibility said animal becoming extinct, and more than likely, if it’s listed as endangered, that will only make them more desirable. Similar to the “want what you can’t have” situation I mentioned above. Hunting in moderation is an issue as well, if a few were killed every year it wouldn’t have an impact on the overall population, but because they’re seen as an accomplishment everyone and their mother wants to hunt and kill one. If this continues to happen at the rate it’s happening, the next generation may never see a rhino in real