Exclusive: Organisation has been heavily involved in Cites and IUCN for up to 20 years, winning campaigns to allow African lions and other species to still be killed. Trophy...
Trophy hunting in Africa: the case for viable, sustainable alternatives
Photographic camps are more beneficial to communities than hunting. Shutterstock Muchazondida Mkono, The University of Queensland For decades, the public has been fed the myth...
A plea to Botswana: Please rethink a “Not Enough Fences” approach (commentary)
The Government of Botswana is considering significant changes to the country’s approach to wildlife management.The proposed policy reflects a worrying lack of recognition of the...
Where wild things are under threat, wildlife trade needs to be dealt with
Tigers rub against a cage fence at a captive breeding centre for large predators at an undisclosed location in the Free State, South Africa, in this undated Before more...
Captive lion breeding for hunting in South Africa colloquium Day 1, with Minister present
Chairperson: Mr M Mapulane (ANC) Meeting Summary The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs hosted a two-day colloquium on captive lion breeding under the...
Captive lion breeding in Parliament’s sights amid global ‘outcry’
"MPs must be concerned when reputable conservation agencies turn their backs on SA and deplore its policies [regarding captive lion breeding],” said Mohlopi Mapulane, Portfolio...
SA hunters to shoot 2000 Zambian hippos
South African hunters will take part in the slaughter of 2 000 hippos in the pristine Luangwa Valley in Zambia next month. This follows a shock move by the Zambian government,...
Two SA hunting organisations expelled over canned lion hunts
Lion cubs bred in captivity. Picture: Audrey Delsink Two South African hunting associations that embrace canned lion hunting have lost an appeal to retain their membership...
Australians crush ivory possessions to protest slaughter of elephants
"The only value ivory has is on a living elephant," said Karen Pomeranz as she handed in six 20-year-old napkin rings to be crushed. "I was never comfortable owning ivory items....
Op-Ed: The hunting forum you didn’t know existed
The South African government has formed an alliance with organisations which kill wildlife for gain to the exclusion of those who wish to protect it. By JANINE AVERY. In 2005 the...
Trophy Hunting and Sustainability: Temporal Dynamics in Trophy Quality and Harvesting Patterns of Wild Herbivores in a Tropical Semi-Arid Savanna Ecosystem
Abstract The selective nature of trophy hunting may cause changes in desirable phenotypic traits in harvested species. A decline in trophy size of preferred species may reduce...
Exposed: The Dirty Secrets of Japan’s Illegal Ivory Trade
Cape Town - New evidence of Japan’s failure to control illegal ivory trading at a time when Africa’s elephants face extinction is revealed in a damning report just released. The...
The Battle over Ivory
The future of Africa’s elephants may be decided in Johannesburg at the end of this month. When delegates from around the globe arrive at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the...
Carnage! The Business of Killing Elephants
In a powerful and poignant edition of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel called Blood Ivory to be aired on Tuesday November 24th, has correspondent David Scott not only...