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Animal Poaching Essay

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A discussion on trophy hunting and animal poaching and it’s effect on Africa’s tourism industry.
Introduction
Animal poaching has been a problematic issue in the African continent and has been going on for many decades now. While animal poaching is an illegal practice of killing endangered wild animals, certain measures have been taken to try and stop this but it still continues to happen. Poachers mostly target wild animals that possess valuable parts for example the elephant’s ivory or a bear’s fur. Trophy hunting on the other hand is a legal practice whereby wealthy overseas trophy hunters pay a lot of money to bankrupt Governments to get permits that allows them to kill an animal of their choice. Both these practices have contributed to the declining number of endangered wild animals in Africa. (H.S Quading, Nature, 2004)

Trophy hunting
Trophy hunting has led to a lot of wild animals being killed due to their distinct appearance, horns and skin. But what sets trophy hunters apart from poachers is that it is legal! According to R. Duffy (Killing for conservation: wildlife in Zimbabwe), Trophy hunters usually target big fierce animals that are physically large and distinct. Trophy hunting is legal as this allows the Government to make money by giving up an old wild animal that is no longer able to reproduce or a …show more content…

This has benefited the African countries as tourist bring in their foreign currency thus leading to the tourism sector contributing a lot in the economy’s GDP. For this reason, it is very important as individuals and the society at large to discourage poaching so as to conserve these animals. Poaching might lead to Africa not having these wild animals running in its jungle and this would have a negative effect on our tourism

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