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The IUCN maintains that lion populations cannot sustainably withstand current levels of trophy hunting, which total 600 lions killed annually. It’s a simple numbers game: while 70% of Americans would pay to see a lion, less than 7% would pay to kill one, making lions more valuable alive than dead. Despite the huge fees paid by trophy hunters, ecotourism has been shown to generate 15 times the revenue of trophy hunting, much of which goes to conservation efforts.

MONEY: On average, trophy hunting generates around 1.8% of total tourist revenue in African countries that allow the practice.

Favored by some hunters because of its relatively low price tag, canned hunting has caused considerable controversy, and the practice has been banned in 20 states. A particularly cruel and controversial form of trophy hunting is canned hunting, where the hunted animal is pursued in an enclosed pen with little chance of escape. In particular, the common practices of shooting from vehicles, using dogs to aid in hunts, luring animals from the confines of protected areas (as was done with Cecil), and releasing animals immediately prior to hunts are causes for concern.

ETHICAL CONCERNS: Some forms of trophy hunting raise more ethical issues than others.Legal imports of endangered wildlife products can serve as a front for wildlife smugglers to spirit their goods across international borders. ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE: What good is a trophy hunt without the trophy? Hunters pay big bucks to take their trophies home with them, and this necessitates loopholes in ivory bansand other restrictions on wildlife products in the United States and other countries. Since the controversial killing of Cecil the lion, several airlines have declined to ship hunting trophies, successfully closing loopholes to wildlife smugglers in the process. That’s a dangerous situation for threatened and endangered species. As a result, wildlife managers have little recourse for ensuring that hunts are sustainable. To make matters worse, quotas to limit the number of animals hunted are often inflated or manipulated, and population estimates are often based on guesswork rather than scientific studies. Even if he is telling the truth and his guides took the initiative to lure Cecil from the park, his money encouraged such illegal activity.

In the case of Cecil the lion, the American hunter Walter Palmer claims to have had no knowledge that his hunt was illegal and maintains that his guide lured Cecil out of the national park. Corruption takes on many forms, and can range from outright bribery to bending rules to encourage customer satisfaction. CORRUPTION: Game hunters are heavily sought by cash strapped governments in southern Africa, many of which struggle with corruption.Here are the seven major drawbacks to trophy hunting as a conservation tool.

In theory, such claims make a reasonable case for trophy hunting as conservation, but in practice they often amount to little more than a smokescreen for an ecologically destructive practice. Proponents argue that well regulated trophy hunting deters poaching by offering a legal, regulated outlet for hunting, and that it combats poverty by funding local communities. Avid trophy hunters and some conservationists promote trophy hunting as good conservation, mainly due to the money it raises. Photo credit: Irina Tikhomirova.ĭespite the public consensus, trophy hunting remains legal for United States citizens seeking to hunt a variety of threatened or endangered African species, albeit under certain conditions.