There is a psychopathology to the act of killing for thrills. Gunning down majestic animals for the sake of entertainment requires a complete disconnect, disrespect, and disdain for the interests and lives of their victims. ⁣
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Criminologist Xanthe Mallett studied people who hunt for "sport" and discovered that they share a "dark triad" of personality traits that include narcissism and psychopathy—many of the same traits observed in those who murder humans. The similarities don't stop there: Trophy hunters plan their killing sprees carefully—gleefully taking life after life in order to fulfill their own selfish and twisted desires.⁣
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According to another study in Psychology Today, trophy hunting is also a sign of "cost signaling." By paying big bucks to hunt the largest and hardest to obtain animals, insecure humans show off to other humans that they can afford to kill animals minding their own business. And what better way to flaunt their status than to share photos of themselves on social media smiling ghoulishly next to animals' dead bodies. ⁣
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Trophy hunters like to try defending the indefensible by claiming it's about "conservation" or patronizingly claiming that they're helping to "feed the natives." But according to an in-depth study by the independent group Economists at Large, "Trophy hunting is insignificant [in national development]. Across the investigated countries, trophy hunting revenue was only 1.8% of tourism revenues." The research also revealed that very little of the money spent by trophy hunters ever makes it to the local economy. Most of it stays with already wealthy hunting outfits (many of which are based outside Africa) or lands in the pockets of corrupt lawmakers. ⁣
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Simply put, trophy hunters are killers who collect corpses as trophies — nothing could make that right. ⁣
– David Attenborough

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