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Why Are There More Game Farms than Wildlife Sanctuaries in South Africa?

Nov 19, 2015 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Canned hunting, conservation, South African wildlife, wild animals, wildlife conservation Tagged: CACH, Campaign Against Canned Hunting, Chris Mercer, game farm, wildlife sanctuary

Chris Mercer reveals the chilling truth about why there are thousands of game farms and so few wildlife sanctuaries in South Africa. As Russ and I are not wildlife conservationists we rely heavily on experts to shed light on issues that matter to us. Chris Mercer, Founder of the Campaign Against Canned Hunting [CACH] offers his insights as to where priorities and loyalties really lie when it comes to hunting game farms (where animals are killed) to wildlife sanctuaries (where animals are saved.) Game Park vs. Wildlife Sanctuary Because hunting involves cruelty, killing and adverse impacts upon biodiversity, you’d expect…

Why legalizing the Trade of Rhino Horn is Only Good for Their Owners

May 8, 2013 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: African elephant, Animal Poaching, conservation, elephant, endangered, Illegal trade, Nikela Blog, rhino, rhino poaching, Wildlife Trafficking Tagged: endangered rhino, game farm, game ranch, game reserve, illegal wildlife trade, legalized rhino horn trade, organized crime, poachers, poaching, preserving, rhino owners, syndicates, wildlife trafficking

To legalize or not to legalize the trading of rhino horns to save the black rhino, white rhino from extinction in South Africa? Despite the huge lobby to legalize rhino horn trade as a means to curb the poaching of endangered rhino and stop the wildlife trafficking and illegal trade, we at NIKELA remain opposed. We are not wildlife conservationists, we do not own rhino, and we have no financial stake in whether rhino horn is traded or not. As citizens of our planet, as humans who care for wildlife and the protection of habitats and ecosystems we are fully committed…