Meaning of trophy-hunt | Babel Free

Definitions

Forma verbal. Verb. [C1]

Examples

“"A 'threatened' listing leaves open the possibility for exemptions and doesn't shut loopholes, such as the one that allows Americans to trophy-hunt for polar bears in Canada and bring their heads and hides back to the US," said Mr [Brendan] Frazier.”

“The skeletons are mostly the remains of trophy-hunted lions, so the impact on wild lion populations has been “negligible” to date, the report said.”

“While the African lion is protected under the US Endangered Species Act, the US Fish and Wildlife Service authorizes big game hunters to import trophy-hunted lions and other exotic species into the country.”

“And the design-minded resort is bringing new attention to the region’s star megafauna. It’s sorely needed: hunting by license is legal in nearby Tanzania, and three large-tusked Amboseli-ecosystem elephants who'd crossed the border were trophy-hunted as recently as March.”

“Who’d be a shark, eh? You mind your own business for millions of years, then along come humans and a film called Jaws, whicht^([sic]) gives you terrible PR — and makes them so terrified they want to trophy-hunt you to death.”

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