When a Minnesota dentist killed a prized African lion named "Cecil" he received an onslaught of criticism and reignited the debate concerning hunting. Man's quest to dominate all of nature has been a passion dating to the primitive days of mankind. During this primitive era, man's need to hunt was strictly for survival and to preserve their existence and dominance over the wild. In this modern era, man still finds the need to unleash this internal drive for power. The passion to hunt, however, is no longer a necessity for survival; it is a game or sport for which the trophy is one of nature's most intriguing animals, the mountain lion.
Yellowstone national park is one of the few places that have been "blessed with carnivore diversity." When the park was established in 1872, mountain lions freely roamed the park and were to be regulated. In the early 1900's, it was federal policy to kill large predators to protect game, such as elk, in the park (3). Coincidentally between 1916 and 1971 more than 12,000 mountain lions were killed for bounties and for sport in California. The estimated number of cougars had diminished to a range from 600-2,000 (2). At this time Governor Ronald Reagan began to understand the necessity to protect these cougars from extinction. In 1971 a moratorium was signed against the trophy hunting of these cats (5). By the 70's the lions had returned to the park and gradually their numbers reached a stable quantity.
Nearly two decades later the mountain lion once again faces the wrath of man's desire for the sport of hunting. With California's mountain lion population at nearly 5,000, the passing for proposition 117 ensured the safety of these heavenly creatures (3). Prop 117 permanently bans the trophy hunti...
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...l. If in fact a lion poses as a menace, then humane and rational means should be used to properly resolve the situation. The unmerciful slaying of lions is not a necessity nor a sensible solution for the coexistence of man and beast.
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2) Hogue, L. (2007, January). Ghosts of the Hills. Audubon, v99, 80.
3) Hornocker, M. (2010, July). The Secret Life of America's Ghost Cat. National Geographic, v182, 52.
4) Preyser, M. (1996, January 8). Predators on the Prowl. Newsweek, v127, 58.
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5) www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ca/mountain-lion/history.html
6) www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ca/mountain-lion/info.html
7) www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ca/mountain-lion/safety.html
8) www.lao.ca.gov/prop197.html
Hunting for sport is legal, and should remain that way. Many arguments against hunting for sport claim it is a “violent form of recreation” and “we have no right to take an animals life” for example, an opposing viewpoints article “Sport Hunting is an Unnecessary Form of Cruelty to Animals” says just that. HoweverI argue that we are part of this planet, as well as it’s ecosystem. We are (in ways) predators. An article on sport hunting, “Hunting for Sport” compares “hunters and the hunted” to a mountain lion and a deer. Is the lion at fault for hunting the deer? No. The mountain lion’s duty is to play the role as predator as well as keeping it’s prey’s population away from its ecosystems capacity. The ecosystem can no longer always support and control all animals populations.
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In July of 2015, national treasure of Zimbabwe, Cecil the Lion was maliciously killed by dentist Walter Palmer. The hunt caused an uproar from many animal activists. The media covered the hunt and the aftermath for many weeks. This heartless act has many questioning why big game hunting is legal. Multiple African countries allow big game hunting, but it is harming the ecosystem. Many innocent, endangered animals are killed. Big game hunting should be banned because it lowers populations, causes further problems, and animal populations are already dropping.
Big game trophy chasing is a sorry excuse for protection, particularly when 75 percent of wild lions have been murdered in the most recent 20 years, and this number is prone to increment quickly in the following decade if nothing is done.Though chasing gatherings frequently assert that a little measure of controlled trophy chasing does not hurt populaces, it seems, by all accounts, to be lies now taking a gander at the diminishing populace of lions. "Roughly 600 lions are murdered consistently on trophy chases, incorporating lions in populaces that are as of now declining from other threats".The grown-up male lions are the most searched out by rich outside trophy hunters.When a grown-up male lion is slaughtered, the destabilization of that lion's pride can prompt more lion passings as outside guys contend to assume control over the pride.
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