Hunting the endangered

Re Fred Grimm’s July 30 column, Where the bears have no names: Trophy hunters are destroying populations of endangered animals.

They don't target sick and injured animals who are likely to die painful deaths.

Instead, they kill the most attractive like Cecil the lion, vibrant ones whose heads they think will look good mounted on a wall.

This story was originally published August 1, 2015 at 1:00 PM with the headline "Hunting the endangered."