Does trophy hunting help conservation?
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A new Born Free report is busting the myths and exposing the cruelty behind trophy hunting, starting with the claim that it can actually benefit wildlife conservation.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of animals, including threatened species, are targeted by trophy hunters who pay large sums of money to hunt, kill and export body parts back home, to be displayed as trophies.
Hunters often claim the fees they pay to government agencies, hunting outfitters, taxidermists and shipping companies in order to secure and export their trophy benefit local communities on the ground, and the economies of the countries where trophy hunting takes place.
Many also claim that wildlife itself benefits from trophy hunting because only problem or redundant animals are targeted, and so the practice is a legitimate form of population control.
Against a backdrop of increasing public outcry in response to individual cases such as Cecil the lion, Born Free’s report explains why the hunters’ conservation ...
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