ELEPHANT
What is Trophy Hunting ?
It is the hunting wild animals that have the official government license or it can be for entertainment.
The trophy can be any part of the animal's body.
The hunters will keep it as a souvenir or they will sell it to earn money.
It is a business that brings a big revenue to Africa.
Current Situation of Elephant.
Population
Approximately
415,000
The number of elephants has been reduced from 10 million a hundred year ago to 400,000 today.
Range
They live in 37 African countries.
They mostly live in savannas of sub-Saharan Africa.
About 70% of their range live in the protected land.
Risk Status
Vulnerable
High risk of endangerment in the wild
8% of their population is poached every year.
Advantages of Trophy Hunting.
Trophy hunting will help decrease the population of African elephants.
It will create the money for the government of that country.
It increases the financial of Africa.
More buildings are built and more systems are created to help local people
If an elephant is old and cannot give birth anymore, its genes will be passed to its tusks.
This will make the elephants' tusks have a great value and person who owns that can be very rich.
Disadvantages of Trophy Hunting.
The number of African elephants are decreased rapidly.
Africa elephants have a high risk of being extinction if people keep hunting like that.
It is an activity that creates corruption.
It makes the wealth between people in Africa are unequal.
Opinion
East African countries should ban trophy hunting of elephant.
We will not have a chance to see this beautiful species if we keep hunting them like that.
The number of elephants decreases rapidly in around a hundred - year recently.
There do not have many elephants left in this world.
They have a high risk of being extinction because some people do not know how to protect them and even kill them.
The government of East African can lose a lot of tourists and money.
Elephants are one of the most attractive tourists come to here.
If people do not want to come here to travel, they will not bring revenues to local people.
Trophy hunting can be linked to poaching
Some people will use it to hunting illegally.
It can make this species become rarer.
It can lead to violence against humans.
It causes a lot of pains when people shot them because they do not die immediately and it makes them feel angry.
