There was a lion named Cecil. He was a very famous lion and he was also extinct.
Cecil was killed by a dentist named Walter Palmer. He was 13 years old when he was killed. Walter Palmer killed him with a rifle. He had a hunting permit and did not know that Cecil was endangered and he was not charged with any crime, but he still had to pay a big fee for killing him. Trophy hunters kill thousands of wild animals. they choose to kill the rarest and biggest animals that they find. Rich trophy hunters pay a lot of money to local cash strapped governments for permits that give them a choice of what animal to kill. Black bears, Zebras, giraffes, and baboons are endangered, such as elephants, leopards and white rhinos …show more content…
Public debates about trophy hunting often centers on the question of the morality of recreational hunting or the extent to which the money paid by sportsmen seeking a trophy animal provides a conservation benefit to the overall population of game animals and the rural economies where the game is hunted. Bears, cougars, deer, foxes, and other animals who are chased, trapped, and even killed by dogs during hunts are not the only ones to suffer from this variant of the “sport.” Hunting for fun destroys property and injure or kill horses, cows, dogs, cats, hikers, and other hunters (Trophy