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Why is trophy hunting, especially of endangered animals, still a thing?
If you go into someone's house and they say "Hey, see this statue? It's very rare and valuable!", do you pick it up and smash it? How is this any different? As Kimmel said, it doesn't matter whether or not this guy thought his hunt was legitimate (though, given his past with sexual harassment and poaching, it seems like this guy just takes what he wants), the fact that he thinks this is somehow fun speaks to his mental state. Do you want a dentist that doesn't understand what NO means and thinks killing endangered wildlife is fun?
Trophy hunting has lots of tangible benefits for conservancies and inhabitants of rural areas where these animals exist. Most people don't realize that there are subsistence farmers that have to deal with these large game animals destroying their farms and livestock. Farmers will and do kill endangered animals (cheetahs) if they are attacking their cattle. Allowing money to be made off of the culling of these animals (of course at an appropriate level) is a way to create value in the mind of these people.
As I told someone else, the discussion is not about trophy hunting. The discussion is about how to produce an environment where the people that deal daily with these animals and the animals themselves can thrive.
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Kimmel's spot on about the guy.