Connell shows that hunting is a worldwide sport through conversation between Zaroff and Rainsford. Rainsford refers to the Cape Buffalo head hanging on Zaroff's wall; later, Zaroff speaks of a gun that was specially made for him in Moscow, the bears he killed in Russia and the United States, rhinoceroses and crocodiles he hunted, jaguars in the South America, and even brags that he has (basically) hunted anything that could be hunted in every place possible.
By the end of the story, Rainsford has certainly learned what it truly means to be hunted. Near the beginning of the story, Rainsford made snide remarks regarding the feelings of a jaguar being hunted. He implied that he didn't care how the animal felt; however, Rainsford's friend, Whitney, said that the animal cared. Rainsford responded that animals don't understand, to which Whitney replied that they do understand fear. After being hunted himself, Rainsford found that Whitney had been right while he had been quite wrong. It is unrealistic to believe that Rainsford would ever again have hunted without considering the feelings of his prey and remembering what he went through on Ship-Trap Island.
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