When hunters, trappers, Wildlife Services (government trappers) and others kill wildlife, the public loses an asset that can be priced, but never is. Sportsmen and government trappers may tout the money spent to kill the animal as an economic boost to the community, but they don’t subtract the economic value of the animal’s life which is lost to the Public Trust.
Here is a little exercise to show you how pricing the value of an animal’s life can work.
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