Name: If You Don’t Know, Now You Know: Trophy Hunting | The Daily Show
Uploaded: 2019-10-11T18:05:04.000Z
Duration: 6 min 51 s
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For as long as white people have been colonizing Africa,

I feel like us Africans are partly to blame.

But while these pictures may have garnered praise

in the 1900s, these days, thanks to social media,

the only thing that they generate is outrage. 00:00:22.988 --> 00:00:25.291 line:0% TV REPORTER: In recent years  the hunting of big cats 00:00:25.324 --> 00:00:27.760 line:0%  has sent shock waves  around the globe. 00:00:27.793 --> 00:00:29.595 line:0% TV REPORTER:  Outrage in this country 00:00:29.628 --> 00:00:32.498 line:0%  over the killing  of a beloved lion in Zimbabwe 00:00:32.531 --> 00:00:34.500 line:0%  by an American hunter. 00:00:34.533 --> 00:00:36.602 line:0% TV REPORTER: This photo  from an African trophy hunt 00:00:36.635 --> 00:00:38.971 line:0%  has sparked outrage  across the country. 00:00:39.004 --> 00:00:41.340 line:0% TV REPORTER:  That same fire reignited 00:00:41.373 --> 00:00:44.110 line:0%  when a trophy-hunting couple  posed kissing 00:00:44.143 --> 00:00:47.513 line:0%  over the corpse of a lion  they had just slain.

and then you make out next to its dead body?

Like, like, is this like a thing just for lions,

or do they do this every time there's a dead animal?

Like, every time they see road kill on the highway,

is this couple just like, "Honey, pull over,

Like, imagine if it happened the other way around.

all of a sudden, just like, two lions popped out

and started humping at your dad's coffin.

And what's interesting about trophy hunting

because they don't care about the animals,

they do this because they care too much. 00:01:39.565 --> 00:01:42.768 line:0% I know it sounds contradictory, but hunters love animals. 00:01:42.801 --> 00:01:45.071 line:0% Hunters are the ones that are giving so much back 00:01:45.104 --> 00:01:46.973 line:0% to preserving these wild species. 00:01:47.006 --> 00:01:49.842 line:0% A lot of people talk about conservation 00:01:49.875 --> 00:01:53.112 line:0% but hunters are the real, um, conservationists. 00:01:53.145 --> 00:01:54.814 line:0% Everybody thinks that the easiest part 00:01:54.847 --> 00:01:56.315 line:0% is pulling the trigger, and it's not, 00:01:56.348 --> 00:01:57.650 line:0% that's the hardest part. 00:01:57.683 --> 00:01:59.719 line:0% But you gain so much respect 00:01:59.752 --> 00:02:01.687 line:0% and so much appreciation for that animal...

Imagine if your boss called you into his office and was like,

"Johnny, I want to let you know how much I appreciate

I don't care if you hunt or not, that-that's just creepy.

"Make it look like they're about to have sex,

and then make that deer look like it's watching."

Now, oh, another argument trophy hunters use

is that they're actually getting rid of the slower,

weaker animals who are holding back the rest of the herd.

But that might not be the full story. 00:02:50.436 --> 00:02:52.238 line:0% TV REPORTER: Trophy hunters  kill some of the biggest, 00:02:52.271 --> 00:02:54.273 line:0%  most magnificent animals, 00:02:54.306 --> 00:02:56.342 line:0% which is bad for the health of the species, 00:02:56.375 --> 00:02:57.977 line:0% because genes may no longer 00:02:58.010 --> 00:02:59.912 line:0% be passed on to future generations.

SALMONI: By taking those guys out of the gene pool,

it weakens the genes of the entire population.

the average size of a male lion has dropped

the strongest specimens, which I don't support,

It's called "trophy hunting" for a reason.

like you battled an alpha male to the death,

and then smothered one of the lions with a pillow.

this is the one time in the animal kingdom

Like, I wonder if there's one fat-ass lion

who's just like, "Yeah, who's laughing now?

"but at least I'm not in the picture with Don Jr.

One of the main arguments trophy hunters give

is that their hobby helps local villages,

but upon closer inspection, that's not necessarily true.

NEWSMAN: Critics question  whether countries

that promote trophy hunts  manage that money properly.

NEWSWOMAN: The 2013 report  found that just...

prevent much of the money  from helping those in need.

How much money does the community get at the moment?

the money from these hunts doesn't go to these communities.

with the people who run the trophy hunting game.

To be honest, most of these claims don't add up for me,

you know, because another thing hunters love to say

They say that their hunting provides meat