Save the Animals How boring would the world be without wildlife? Why should we have to kill endangered animals to help save them? One must be aware of how some magnificent big and small animals are coming close to extinction. The cause to this tragedy is due to trophy hunting, meaning that hunters only kill for the head or certain body parts of the animal. There are many reason to why it may be acceptable to have trophy hunting, but also how it can damage the wildlife making them face extinction at an alarming rate.
Rabecah Porter Ms.Davis English IV - Period 3 April 6, 2014 Hunting So we all know what hunting basically is, killing animals for food right? Wrong, some people kill them for fun instead of food. But let’s be honest, is hunting for fun and not putting the animal to use, for fun really necessary? If you’re hunting for food, not just to better your own reputation. Showing off the fact that you shot an animal for fun, not even going to use the animal they killed for food.
A social outrage has broken recently amid the scandal of Cecil the Lion’s death. Cecil was illegally hunted and killed by the American dentist Walter Palmer. Since then, it has caused the world to change their minds on the effects of trophy hunting. Succeeding the death of the renowned lion, a recent poll in America displays that on a three to one margin, the respondents said they would rather be tourists in a country that prohibits trophy hunting, instead of one that does not. The debate is ascending as more hunters proudly present their ‘trophy’ on social media.
Protection of endangered species has been an agreement all over the world, but hunting normal wildlife is controversy. Animal protectors object to hunting and declare that hunting is unfair and immoral to animals because hunters stalk prey with rifle or bow and kill them cruelty. Hunting supporters argue that hunting is human instinct and human could hunt specify animals with legal permission. This essay presents an overview of opinions from both sides. The controversy between hunting and anti-hunting are still in contention because the participants and purposes are not been distinguished and classified clearly, With regard to Causey [1] , these participants can be separated to two categories: shooters or sports hunters.
In case hunting of animals, especially poaching continues globally, the number of animal species will decrease rapidly, resulting in extinction of specific species, such as the African rhinos and elephants. A report in Nature Magazine suggests that the decrease of animals may have an effect on the population’s genetics because the weakest animals will pass weak genes to their offspring causing an entire species to have defects. Therefore, it is better for hunters to let nature kill off the weak and sick animals for the preservation of the
It kills millions of defenseless animals every year and wounds even more. Hunting does not control the population of animals and it is no necessary to the survival of humans in modern times. Despite all the arguments posed by pro hunters it is a terrible and inhuman recreational activity that needs to be stopped. As an avid animal lover the answer is black and white , stop hunting and the environment will return to its contented equilibrium.
Giant Panda - The Giant panda originates from China, Burma and Vietnam. High estimates say there are fewer than 2000 left in the world low estimates say 700. The primary reason for the decline in their population is poaching and loss of habitat. Sumatran Tiger - This beautiful big cat is a native of Indonesia. Over the last fifty years, its numbers have decreased drastically from hunters and destruction of the Indonesian forests.
Illegal wildlife trade is the buying and selling of endangered live animals as pets/performers. The problem has become so severe that conservationists have made the term empty-forest syndrome to describe habitats that remain standing, but no longer have animals in them. Animals are going extinct due to humans and most people do not care or choose to ignore it. (time.
Have you ever heard this phrase before? Well if you haven’t, trophy hunting is when people kill any kind of animal, simply for keeping their bodies as a souvenir for the brutal and ferocious action they’ve just committed. Some may say that the main purpose of this activity is to have fun with family or friends, others affirm that it helps to keep a balance between species or even that it helps to keep a good economy but what about the animals? Did any of them deserve to die so that humans are no longer bored? Were they a hazard to human life?
The dogs used in one of the methods of hunting are left in poor conditions all year until the hunting seasons. Trophy hunting is one of the cruelest and useless images of hunting where the hunter usually aims to hunt a prey, taking the head of the prey to win the game, leaving the rest of the body for vultures. The trash that hunters leave behind may cause animals to choke. (Wildlife and exotic animals, National Humane Education Society, 2009) Some studies spotted the ef... ... middle of paper ... ...ing can be threatening if used excessively and without monitoring. The equilibrium state of nature can be dismantled if hunters continued their random acts of hunting without any regulations that systemize and revive the balance this universe was created with.