General Article Why would anyone shoot an elephant for fun?

Topic Selected: Animal Rights Book Volume: 445

Every year, trophy hunters slaughter tens of thousands of wild animals, bizarrely claiming that killing rare species is an effective way to protect them. Born Free’s Head of Policy, veterinarian Dr Mark Jones, reports.

Trophy hunting is the killing of selected wild animals for sport or pleasure, by predominantly wealthy Westerners, and it is a big business. Hunters pay huge sums to kill wild animals, then post pictures of themselves next to the dead bodies of their victims, before displaying ...

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