Banner image courtesy of Greater Limpopo Carnivore Programme A recent Africa Geographic article, “Lion poaching: Escalating demand for claws and teeth,”… Read more Evidence of a further emerging threat to lion conservation; targeted poaching for body parts
Banner Image – iStock (Roger Trentham) …. and a Happy New Year As we end 2019 and head towards… Read more 2019 Review
Banner Image – Outrage over ‘unethical’ Botswana elephant hunt, Don Pinnock, Daily Maverick, 11 December 2019 Botswana has recently (2018) reinstated… Read more “Echoes of Cecil” in ‘unethical’ Botswana elephant hunt
Banner Image: Wild-caught young elephants are held captive in a fenced boma by Zimbabwe authorities awaiting shipment to China in October… Read more The Free Elephant Network Calls For The End To The Live Elephant Trade Between Zimbabwe and China
IWB’s submission: IWB_- Consultation Response and Call for Evidence, Updated_12 December 2019 The United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural… Read more Consultation on controls on the import and export of hunting trophies
Banner Image “Gruesome photographs show Alex Goss posing beside the bodies of two lions after they were slaughtered during hunts in… Read more Impartial Science and Trophy Hunting
Banner image courtesy of Mpora – “Rare white lions are considered particularly valuable among trophy hunters, and so are intensively bred… Read more Animal Farm
Banner Image – IUCN Photo: WCEL The September 2019, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) report – “Compatibility of Trophy… Read more Compatibility of Trophy Hunting as a Form of Sustainable Use with IUCN’s Objectives
By Ross Harvey, original article published in the Ecologist, 19 September 2019 The arguments for trophy hunting contained within a… Read more Trophy hunting is not sustainable
Banner image – © JohanSwanepoel, licensed from Adobe i-stock Barbara Dallas Creecy, Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has invited… Read more Rhino Horn Trade – Public Consultation
Banner image courtesy of Harman Singh Heer Open letter from the Wildlife Animal Protection Forum South Africa to the Republic of… Read more “Their Future Is Dark.” The Rhino Horn Trade in 2019
Banner Image – Pictures of Seduli courtesy of Big Cat Conservation Big Cat Conservation is reporting (14 August 2019) that another… Read more Another Hwange Lion Executed for a Trophy
The NSPCA has won its case (launched in September 2018) against the Minister of Environmental affairs (and co Respondents). The Judgment… Read more High Court Rules in Favour of Lions and NSPCA
Banner Image: We are left to contemplate the needless deaths of keystone animals like lions Skye, Cecil and Voortrekker –… Read more Yes, I’m a hunter. My targets are duplicity, lies and cruelty
At the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting gathering in London on 29 June to mark the forthcoming anniversary of… Read more Trophy Hunting and Cecil’s Anniversary
Banner image: Lions seen at Willie Jacobs’ farm, Ukutula Lodge, on 31 July 2015 in Brits, South Africa. Jacobs’ farm was… Read more Trophy Hunting, Part Two: End of the game
In the 12 March 2019 “Captive Lion breeding: DEA progress report; Rhino Demand Management; with Minister” the insular, circular thinking… Read more DEA Progress Report; Captive Lion Breeding and Rhino Demand Management
Banner image: Namibian desert elephant, Kambonde – “…the animal’s death was a bloodbath” – “Questionable killing of Namibia’s desert elephants,”… Read more Trophy Hunting Culture
Article originally published by Africa Geographic, 8 March 2019 – “Trophy Hunting in Africa is in decline, and no longer… Read more Africa is Changing: Should its Protected Areas Evolve?
Banner image: “Tigers rub against a cage fence at a captive breeding centre for large predators at an undisclosed location… Read more Where wild things are under threat, wildlife trade needs to be dealt with
Banner image courtesy of Environmental Investigation Agency Petition: “Don’t let CITES delist Elephants and Rhinos as endangered animals!,” Care2Petitions The Convention… Read more Proposed return to ivory and rhino horn trading
On the 1 January 2019, a platform “Conservation Frontlines” was launched to raise the ‘virtues’ of hunting in the public… Read more Protecting Hunting from the Hunters
BREAKING NEWS: New Parliamentary report calls for an end to captive lion breeding in South Africa: Report of the Portfolio… Read more Parliamentary Report – Captive Lion Breeding, South Africa
Banner image – Courtesy of WWF Singapore – Janissa Ng Petition – “China Just Lifted the Ban on Rhino and Tiger… Read more China Announces ‘Legal Trade’ in Rhino and Tiger Products
Banner image “de-horning a black rhino” courtesy of Save the Rhino The Republic of South Africa, Department: Environmental Affairs (DEA) has… Read more Rhino Horn Trade in South Africa
Banner Image courtesy of oxandson Petition – “Don’t shoot Africa’s last elephants” Care2 Save Elephants This past week, we have had… Read more Elephants in Botswana
An article in Nature (“Why Chinese medicine is heading for clinics around the world,” 26 September 2018) presents the alarming… Read more Increased Threat to Wildlife from Traditional Chinese Medicine
Banner Image: “Rack and stack captive-bred lion bones ready for export.” File photo: African News Agency (ANA) MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED… Read more NSPCA Launches Urgent Legal Appeal for Lions
Banner Image: Photo via Flickr user Animals Asia According to a recent (2015) report from the Environmental Investigation Agency, “SIN City… Read more Illegal Wildlife Trade in Laos
By Richard Hargreaves – Guest blog for the Campaign Against Canned Hunting As you will probably be aware the South African… Read more Lion Economics – economical with the truth
Banner image: by Michelle Riley/The HSUS “Giraffes, the gentle giants of the African savanna, are undergoing a silent extinction. According… Read more Giraffe being trophy hunted to supply United States markets
There is a planned “Colloquium” (workshop) on the 21 and 22 August 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa titled “Captive… Read more The Economics of Captive Predator Breeding in South Africa
On 12 August 2018, the Republic of South Africa, Department: Environmental Affairs (DEA) made a statement – “Minister Molewa allocates… Read more Leopard Hunting Quota 2018 – South Africa
“Cuddle Me, Kill Me” by Richard Peirce is a tragic account of South Africa’s captive lion breeding industry – a rampant,… Read more Cuddle Me, Kill Me
The Trek for Big Cats Mantra “Every human being has the responsibility of nurturing and protecting their environment and to… Read more Trekking to Save Big Cats
Study (“The Controversial Lion Hunt in Umbabat – South Africa,” 16 July 2018) and petition into the trophy hunt that… Read more The Controversial Lion Hunt in Umbabat – South Africa
Press Release: Republic of South Africa, Department of Environmental Affairs, 16 Jul 2018 In accordance with advice provided by… Read more Minister Edna Molewa establishes lion bone export quota for 2018
Original article and banner image (“Skye: Nadine Dreyer”) courtesy of Daily Maverick By Judy Malone, writing on behalf of Tourists Against Trophy… Read more Driving nails into the coffin of Safari Club International
Banner Image – ROAR PAIN It is feared that the lion killed by an American hunter last week was the… Read more A lion too far
By Don Pinnock, “Tigers are being bred in Gauteng backyards for petting and bone export,” Daily Maverick, 23 April 2018… Read more Tiger Breeding in South Africa
Published by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 – Banner Image “An adult and baby… Read more Rhinos Wanted – Dead or Alive
Banner image courtesy of Mark Boulton, Elsa Trust and Elsamere Safari Club International (SCI) has pulled its support of an… Read more The ‘Canned’ Killing Game – Dead, or Alive?
A review of the year, as we head for 2018……best wishes for a ‘Happy New Year’ to you and yours.… Read more 2017 Review
Banner image courtesy of Mark Boulton, Elsa Trust and Elsamere Written jointly with Chris Mercer – the Campaign Against Canned Hunting… Read more Hunting’s Threat to Conservation
Banner image: ‘The mane attraction’ – Shutterstock An interesting article published by Rob Knell (Evolutionary Ecology, School of Biological and… Read more Trophy hunting could cause extinction in stressed populations – new research
Open letter to Secretary Zinke: The African Lion Conservation Community’s response to the South African Predator Association’s letter 29 November… Read more Open letter to Secretary Zinke: The African Lion Conservation Community’s Response
In December 2017’s, Biological Conservation (Vol. 216, page 60 – 68), a paper is published entitled “Sustainable rhino horn production… Read more Rhino Horn Trade – The Great Unknowns
Article updated: 27 November 2017 Banner Image courtesy of Campaign Against Canned Hunting In November 2015, the Professional Hunters’ Association… Read more Hunting Fragments Over ‘Canned’
Banner Image: African Elephant – Gary Stolz Opinion piece by Chris Mercer – Campaign Against Canned Hunting This blog criticises… Read more Pouring cold water on ‘sustainable use’
