It seems to be a fait accompli. African wildlife is up for sale to the highest (or most persuasive) bidders. Putting aside the illegal practices that see rhinos and elephants and lions poached for financial gain, and bushmeat trade, this article is about wildlife utilization through tourism and hunting ventures. Tourism has been held up […]
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They are no longer a “Noah’s Ark”. But they still have an important role… In August, the Guardian newspaper in the UK published an article about the London Zoo – specifically dealing with their gorilla breeding initiative, but also perhaps asking questions about the wider role of zoos in conservation. I believe the article was
The role of the zoos – just a day out or an important role in conservation? Read More »
Last year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced an interesting document called “Human-wildlife conflict in Africa: Causes, consequences and management strategies” Written by a number of authors, and taking up over 120 pages, it is a document with much information but rather short on the promised management strategies. FACTOIDS Here
Lion problem animal control considered by the United Nations Read More »
Trophy hunting of lions ( warning: video contains disturbing content) needs to be stopped. It is not conservation, it is not sustainable, and will not lead to any form of recovery of Africa’s lions. Let’s say you have a pond on your property, and that pond is full of a species of delicious fish, but
Lion Trophy Hunting is not sustainable – it cannot be called conservation anymore. Read More »
Time to change the weather Lion Aid, through various networks, receives daily messages on a number of issues concerning lions. And concerning is the operative word. At the beginning of the week, there was a message on the Predator Aware website (they operate in the Masai Mara of Kenya) stating that a projected total of
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One of the many definitions of “culture” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is: “the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behaviour that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations”. Behavioural biologists have long known that this definition of culture also exists among animals, that cultural differences exist among different
Canned hunting in the UK In a recent article in the Sunday Times, it was revealed that the 15th Duke of Bedford, Andrew Ian Russell, born in Boston, Massachusetts, allows trophy hunters access to his herd of Pere David’s deer (aka Milu) to collect trophies at £6,000 each. These deer, extinct in the wild except
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In China, the way to pronounce Chardonnay seems to be Chardo-bone-nay. We are beginning to see some worrying trends in the illegal trade of animal parts – and this time it is not just about rhino horns, elephant tusks, bear gall bladders, and shark’s fins – it is about lion bones. Yes, you read that
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