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What do Trophy Hunting and COVID-19 have in common?

May 26, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Elephants, FAQ, Lions Tagged: Cecil the lion, Coronavirus, Covid-19, pandemic, trophy hunting, Voortrekker

Both trophy hunting and COVID-19 are about death and preserving life… or are they? This morning, while on my walk through a city park outside of Dallas, Texas I was unexpectedly back in Africa. The familiar squawking of a fledgling bird on the path ahead. The twittering wings and wide beak with mother bird poised to deliver breakfast. I’d not stopped quickly enough, or maybe it was the dog at my side that spooked them. They flew off into the nearby tree. I continued to watch the magical scene. For some reason it threw me back to a confusing experience…

New Report Concludes Trophy Hunting is NOT Consistent With Sustainable Use

Oct 16, 2019 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: All Posts, trophy hunting, wildlife conservation Tagged: IUCN, report, sustainable use, trophy hunting, World Commission on Environmental Law

I started off by summarizing this report with its revealing conclusion that trophy hunting is not consistent with sustainable use, as hunters and their associations would have us believe. However, I quickly found the issue complex and the findings controversial. So as not to get it wrong, I thought it better to let you come to your own conclusions. What follows is a repost of the entire report by members of the World Commission of Environmental Law’s Specialist Ethics Group. [Emphasis added] So here is the entire report. Compatibility of Trophy Hunting as a Form of Sustainable Use with IUCN’s…

Trophy Hunting from an Animal Welfare perspective

Aug 28, 2019 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Lions, trophy hunting Tagged: animal welfare, sleeping lion, trophy hunting

Most of the time trophy hunting seems to be addressed from a wildlife conservation perspective. Recently I was made keenly aware, again, of the ever present troubling Animal Welfare factor. “Shot while sleeping. Died in agony.” “It took six shots to finally kill him.” “We followed the blood trail…” Often we focus on the number of beautiful animals killed by trophy hunters. Although mentioned we frequently forget the pain and suffering of the targeted animal. Trophy hunters it seems are not always ‘good’ hunters. Meaning they aren’t necessarily skilled in killing an animal with one bullet, or arrow, as the…

Why Trophy Hunting isn’t Wildlife Conservation: The most convincing argument yet?

May 29, 2019 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Human Wildlife Conflict, wild animals, wildlife conservation Tagged: Beverly Joubert, Botswana, trophy hunting, wildlife conservation

Beverly Joubert one of wildlife’s longstanding champions recently shared on Instagram, a most personal reason, why trophy hunting isn’t wildlife conservation. And, it may be the most convincing argument yet! During our travels with our Land Rover we’ve made some interesting discoveries. While in the Namibian desert east of Wallis Bay we found the wildlife extremely skittish. Zebra herds would start running as soon as they herd the growl of the Landy. Rarely did they stop to look when we did. Contrast to this to Chobe in Botswana, where elephant mothers, even with small calves, barely noticed us as we…

Poaching and trophy hunting endanger Africa’s fragile giraffe populations

Apr 30, 2019 · by Nikela Volunteer/Guest blogger · In: Animal Poaching, giraffe, Human Wildlife Conflict, wildlife conservation Tagged: animal poaching, Conservation Action Trust, giraffe populations

Will giraffe populations survive humanity? They are as iconic as lions, rhinos and elephants and their long-term existence in the wild is under similar threat, however the world’s tallest animals get much less public attention or protection. In dire straits Giraffes are in decline in many parts of Africa as a result of habitat loss due to humans. However, what many people don’t know, is the species remains driven towards extermination by two types of hunters: those so poor, they kill for food , and those so rich, they kill for sport. According to the International Union for Conservation of…