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Tourists Beware! A must read if you care about wildlife

Feb 21, 2018 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: All Posts, Canned hunting, canned hunting Tagged: African tourist, animal interaction, canned hunting, cub petting, tourist

I couldn’t believe it! In one breath the poster said, “… you can look them right in the eye…” and then, “… meat available, cheeks, tail…” Tell me, can anyone with a heart invite you to look an animal in the eye, catch a glimpse of its very soul, and then serve it up on a plate for you to eat? Tourists beware! That’s why we can never go back to this particular camp outside of Francistown, Botswana. It was a favorite once, but not anymore. They encourage their guests to pay to see crocodile being raised to eat at…

Unbanning U.S. wildlife trophy imports: Trump jams a spanner in the works

Feb 2, 2018 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: All Posts, canned hunting, trophy hunting Tagged: Conservation Action Trust, Donald Trump, trophy hunting

In a surprising move, President Donald Trump has left-footed his own Department of Interior’s attempts to overturn Obama’s ban on wildlife trophy imports. But leaked emails suggest the Department is not backing off, writes Don Pinnock. President Trump has made it clear he dislikes almost everything that former president Barak Obama did. So it must have seemed a shoe-in for the new Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, an enthusiastic big game hunter, to overturn Obama’s ban on wildlife trophy imports from Africa. Zinke had plenty of support. Last year eight hunting organisations petitioned the secretary – whose office is decked with…