Africa is the second largest continent in the world‚ famous for its incredible wildlife and scenery‚ however this continent is also one of the most popular places for hunting. Trophy hunting is the selective hunting of wild animals‚ such as lions‚ hippos‚ bears and elephants‚ where part of the animal is kept to represent the success of the hunt. Around 18 thousand tourists come to Africa each year to kill animals for sport‚ but unlike poaching where people kill animals illegally to sell their parts
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Hunting is a practice which has thrived through the centuries from the beginning of man to modern day civilizations. When the first colonists sailed to these lands and established the America that we know today‚ hunting was a skill they needed to master very quickly in order to survive. Since that time‚ hunting has sprouted a multi-billion dollar industry‚ fueled by millions of Americans who continue the tradition. Hunting has emerged as an outdoor sport‚ enjoyed by many. Like all sports‚ hunting
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The Poaching Epidemic Animal wildlife is something that should be treasured and protected‚ not devastated by inconsiderate poachers. Poaching has contributed to the extinction of animal species all over the world. Some of the species that have been affected and have gone extinct are the Tasmanian tiger‚ the eastern cougar‚ the eastern elk‚ the black rhino and numerous amounts of bird species (IDA). Poachers usually kill wildlife in order to make tax free profit from the wildlife’s resources which
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vegetation in this ecozone is the Taiga forest consisting of stunted coniferous trees‚ such as black spruce‚ jack pine‚ paper birch‚ trembling aspen‚ etc. The northern edge of the ecozone is bordered by the treeline. Wildlife: This region is famous for one of the most impressive displays of wildlife: 50 species of mammals including the barren-ground caribou‚ wolf‚ lynx‚ arctic fox‚ the grizzly bear‚ etc. Also‚ there is a massive bird migration of swans‚ geese‚ loons‚ ducks‚ tree sparrows‚ etc. every spring
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decades‚ the total land area planted with oil palm in Indonesia has grown some 30-fold to over three million hectares‚ while in Malaysia‚ oil palm agriculture has increased 12-fold to 3.5 million hectares. Orangutans are also killed for the illegal wildlife trade. Poachers kill the mothers and then
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More than ten million animals are reported killed by hunters each year. That number does not include the millions of animals that are maintained by state wildlife agencies. Hunters have strived for years to convince the public that hunting is good for the wildlife by arguing that hunting helps control the population of a species. Hunting should be outlawed because hunters are not killing animals for food and clothing there killing them for sport and money. There was a time when man killed animals
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Poaching affects animals all over the world‚ but it has taken many cultures too long to realize what is happening to our wildlife population. For example‚ “Over the past 40 years alone‚ nearly 52 percent of the world’s wildlife have been wiped out of existence.”("10 Shocking Facts About How the Illegal Wildlife Trade Drives Species Extinction." One Green Planet. May. 22‚ 2016). Some species that are being killed by this terrible act include‚ but are not excluded to elephants‚ tigers‚ sharks‚ rhinos
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petitions understand that lions actually kill people?” Goodwell Nzou‚ who grew up in Zimbabwe‚ recently wrote in the “New York Time” This point is true‚ but it is not as important because people and wildlife need to coexist. For example‚ the humans that are clearing more land for themselves are going into wildlife territory. According to‚ “Africa’s Uneasy Neighbors” article‚ “By 2050‚ Africa’s population is expected to double to 2.5 billion. People will then push into wilderness areas previously occupied
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selling rhino consistent with their objective and vision? If not‚ then what should it be? Their objective and vision was to protect the wildlife in the South Africa National Parks. They would also generate revenue through wildlife sales‚ making the selling of rhino part of their vision‚ but they did this because they also believed in recolonization of wildlife in case of disease or poaching. They would also only relocate the species if it didn’t endanger the species in its present location‚ although
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license are the ones that suffer? Over the years people have violated hunting laws. There has been little research for motivations for poaching. Illegal taking of wildlife is a serious problem in today’s society. Questions such as these prompted are discussed in the two following articles: “Illegal Hunting and Angling the Neutralization of Wildlife‚” by Stephen L. Eliason‚ and an article by Bob Hood “Rules of the Game.” At first it may appear that only way these two writers might meet in common ground would
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