Argument Against Trophy Hunting

Reasons Not to Hunt My topic will be to argue that trophy hunting is wrong, you shouldn't hunt an animal unless you have a use for every part of that animal and or a good reason to be hunting that animal. It will be a question of value. My goal is to persuade hunters that they shouldn trophy hunt. I like for animals to be safe and to stop being trophy hunted. Itś a waste of meat, fur, and sad because if you think about it that animal could have a family just like the person hunting. . .so for someone to just go and kill an animal for fun isn't right.

Hunting centuries ago was a cruel way of survival for humans but now it's no more than a violent form of recreation. Hunters should only hunt if they need it for sustenance which most

Hunting accidents often injure or kill horses, cows, dogs, cats, hikers, and other hunters.Some hunters mistreat dogs just as the animals they hunt. Dogs who are used for hunting also suffer. They’re often kept chained or penned and denied routine veterinary care such as vaccines and heartworm medication. Some are lost during hunts and never found, and others who are turned loose at the end of hunting season to fend for themselves often die of starvation or get struck by vehicles. Also like other forms of thrilled violence, hunting leads to desensitization(make less sensitive) to the suffering and pain of others. “ A study conducted by Northeastern University and the Massachusetts SPCA found that people who abuse animals are five times more likely to commit violent crimes against humans. The majority of inmates who are scheduled to be executed for murder at California’s San Quentin State Prison “practiced” their crimes on animals, according to the warden.” So my opinion on hunting is that it’s bad but not everyone thinks like me and or care about animals the way that I