February 2016

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February 2016

Adult male sitting 301

Another excuse for trophy hunting bites the dust.

Photographic tourism can deliver 1000 times more profit for wildlife areas… It has long been proposed by trophy hunters that if hunting is banned, hunting concessions will be invaded by cattle and poachers and all sorts of misery and armageddon will descend on wildlife. There are “scientific” publications detailing the horrible consequences of ending trophy

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African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) spraying water

The EU again allows Zambian elephant trophy hunt products to be imported

I would urge all of you interested in wildlife conservation to read this post carefully as it directly concerns major decisions made on our behalves by our delegates in the EU. Last September, the EU Wildlife Trade Regulation Scientific Review Group reversed a previous “negative” opinion for trophy hunting imports to now reflect a “positive”

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Leopard

Leaping leopards or falling leopards?

For now, best hide A few days ago, the South African Department of Environmental Affairs decided to suspend leopard trophy hunting in South Africa for 2016. I have reported on this decision and the underlying reasons that actually might not have much to do with leopard conservation.But let’s look at leopards from a different angle.

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