Photoshop aside, they are unique, highly endangered, and largely ignored by all of us. Past blogs have emphasized their plight, but few of us actually realize what it would mean to lose these animals. If they had stripes then maybe we would be more motivated? As mentioned before, western African lions are getting ever thinner […]
If Western African lions had stripes, would we pay more attention? Read More »
Can western African lions be saved? We might just be too late. Has too much water passed under the bridge to reverse the decline of western African lions? It would seem ever more so. But let’s turn the clock back some years and see from past perspective what happened to form this rather gloomy current
The sun continues to set over western African lions. Read More »
Mayra Duarte of Bahr El Jebel Safaris posted a recent article on the Wildlife Express website called “Hunting as a Conservation Tool”. Mayra seems not to have read much of the ongoing debates on other websites (and ours) where the question of hunting as a conservation tool has been extensively discussed and the concept found
Hunting as a conservation tool? I think not!! Read More »
Writing from a typically naïve and misinformed perspective, Mayra Duarte of Bahr El Jebel Safaris posted a recent article on the Wildlife Express website called “Hunting as a Conservation Tool” . Her basic conclusion is that trophy hunters should be called to dispose of cattle raiding (lions) and crop raiding (buffalos) animals to the benefit
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Wildlife conservation and wildlife ranching There seems to be a developing trend in these days of supply and demand to satisfy the “demand” for wildlife products by supplying them from a “ranched” situation. By that I mean species raised on what are essentially farms under controlled conditions to be able to be sold more cost-effectively
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A while ago, I wrote a blog on another website asking the question – Whose wildlife is it anyway? Consider the question carefully. Our collective nations duly attend Conventions on Biodiversity where politicians express woe at the constant loss of species on our planet and “promise” to do more to save them. At CITES conferences
Tanzania seems to have opted out? Read More »
What makes lions different from other large cats? Well, yes, the males have manes and lions have tufts on their tail tips, but the main difference is that they have a system of sociality not found among any other cat species. It is also a system of sociality not found among the more truly social
Focusing on immediate events often sidetracks all of us. For me, the recent visit to the UK prioritised meetings with Members of Parliament, wildlife artists, organizers of events and websites, etc. All good and positive, but the highlight of the visit was the half hour I spent with the children at St. Peter’s CE Primary
Why conservation is our duty Read More »
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