Persuasive Essay Hunting

To begin with, big game hunting should be banned because people aren’t killing innocent game for food or survival, they’re killing them for decoration.. In the article published in the LA Times, the author stated, “Every lion or rhino or bear that is hunted purely to get a trophy is a Cecil in some way-it may not be famous, but it is a sentient being, killed for its value as an ornament.” To further explain, on July 1, 2015, Cecil the Lion was killed illegally in Zimbabwe. Big game hunters lured him out of his home and killed him for his head to use as a decoration. Hunters didn't kill him for meat or food, but for an ornament. This is plain wrong because big game hunters are misusing their opportunity to kill big game. If the hunt on a beloved lion was for a starving person, it would have been ethical to kill him. But if the hunt was for a decoration, it was unethical
In the article, “Why Sport Hunting is Cruel and Unnecessary”, the author wrote, “In 2006, then-Vice President Dick Cheney famously shot a friend while hunting quail on a canned hunting preserve...thousands of injuries are attributed to hunting in the U.S. every year-and that only includes incidents involving humans.” This shows that people have gone big game hunting and injured other hunters instead of animals. So many people have gotten injured due to major mistakes while hunting. It is immoral to hurt other innocent people when hunting because the goal of the hunt is to get animals, not humans. Other hunters are putting their lives at risk when they go big game hunting since other people are also competing to hunt the big game. If these mistakes repetitively happen, human population may decrease just because of hunting. In conclusion, not only does big game hunting decrease animal population, but it may decrease human populations because of major hunting