Why men trophy hunt

Darimont, Chris T.; Codding, Brian F.; Hawkes, Kristen

doi:10.1098/rsbl.2016.0909

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“…Critics of the North American Model have previously noted that management agencies tend to focus disproportionately on taxa most valued by hunters and pay little attention to those that are not ( 1 , 12 ). A similar mechanism might explain why more criteria were found in hunt management systems for big game, given their significance to hunters ( 13 ). The positive association with independent review, itself a criterion rarely found across systems ( Fig.…”

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Hallmarks of science missing from North American wildlife management

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“…The creation of relics from the body parts of living entities, including humans, has been observed in ancient and modern societies (Harrison, ). Some nonhuman species also display what we might consider “trophies,” a behavior that arguably evolved to signal status, and ultimately confer reproductive advantage (Darimont, Codding, & Hawkes, ). Although trophies can be interpreted through a biological or evolutionary lens, in human societies they are also steeped in cultural significance.…”

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The elephant (head) in the room: A critical look at trophy hunting

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Trophy hunting has occupied a prominent position in recent scholarly literature and popular media. In the scientific conservation literature, researchers are generally supportive of or sympathetic to its usage as a source of monetary support for conservation. Although authors at times acknowledge that trophy hunting faces strong opposition from many members of the public, often for unspecified reasons associated with ethics, neither the nature nor the implications of these ethical concerns have been substantively addressed. We identify the central act of wildlife "trophy" taking as a potential source of ethical discomfort and public opposition. We highlight that trophy hunting entails a hunter paying a fee to kill an animal and claim its body or body parts as a trophy of conquest. Situating this practice in a Western cultural narrative of chauvinism, colonialism, and anthropocentrism, we argue trophy hunting is morally inappropriate. We suggest alternative strategies for conservation and community development should be explored and decisively ruled out as viable sources of support before the conservation community endorses trophy hunting. If wildlife conservation is broadly and inescapably dependent on the institution of trophy hunting, conservationists should accept the practice only with a due appreciation of tragedy, and proper remorse. K E Y W O R D Santhropocentrism,

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“…Causes for observed declines are varied but include habitat loss and fragmentation, declining prey populations, and, in particular, direct killing by humans (Ripple et al., ; Treves & Bruskotter, ; Wolf & Ripple, ). Humans primarily kill large carnivores because of real and perceived threats to property and human safety, competition for shared resources, and following complex social norms supporting poaching and trophy hunting (Darimont, Codding & Hawkes, ; Elbroch, Feltner & Quigley, ; Treves & Bruskotter, ). Regardless of human motivations, large carnivores are particularly susceptible to human‐caused mortalities due to slow life histories that include a reliance on adult female longevity and long interbirth intervals (Darimont, Fox, Bryan & Reimchen, ).…”

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Multiple anthropogenic interventions drive puma survival following wolf recovery in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

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Ecology and Evolution

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Humans are primary drivers of declining abundances and extirpation of large carnivores worldwide. Management interventions to restore biodiversity patterns, however, include carnivore reintroductions, despite the many unresolved ecological consequences associated with such efforts. Using multistate capture–mark–recapture models, we explored age‐specific survival and cause‐specific mortality rates for 134 pumas (Puma concolor) monitored in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem during gray wolf (Canis lupus) recovery. We identified two top models explaining differences in puma survivorship, and our results suggested three management interventions (unsustainable puma hunting, reduction in a primary prey, and reintroduction of a dominant competitor) have unintentionally impacted puma survival. Specifically, puma survival across age classes was lower in the 6‐month hunting season than the 6‐month nonhunting season; human‐caused mortality rates for juveniles and adults, and predation rates on puma kittens, were higher in the hunting season. Predation on puma kittens, and starvation rates for all pumas, also increased as managers reduced elk (Cervus elaphus) abundance in the system, highlighting direct and indirect effects of competition between recovering wolves and pumas over prey. Our results emphasize the importance of understanding the synergistic effects of existing management strategies and the recovery of large, dominant carnivores to effectively conserve subordinate, hunted carnivores in human‐dominated landscapes.

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Why men trophy hunt

Cited by 38 publications

References 21 publications

Hallmarks of science missing from North American wildlife management

Hallmarks of science missing from North American wildlife management

The elephant (head) in the room: A critical look at trophy hunting

Multiple anthropogenic interventions drive puma survival following wolf recovery in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

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