A former African president who banned trophy hunting has urged MPs to attend a vital vote next week “to halt the reckless, cruel destruction of the world’s wonderful wildlife by nature’s enemies.” Ian Khama, 70, who criminalised trophy-hunting in 2014 during his decade in office as the president of Botswana, warned that every day without […]
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Saving the Philippine Eagle: Immediate Action Needed to Protect Nesting Sites
The Philippine Eagle, also known as the monkey-eating eagle, is one of the largest and most majestic raptors in the world. With a wingspan of up to 7 feet and a weight of up to 14 pounds, it is a formidable predator that commands respect and admiration, One Earth reports. Endemic to the Philippines, this […]
Undercover Investigation at Safari Club International Conventions Exposes Cruel Promotion of Trophy Hunting
A shocking undercover investigation released by the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International exposed the hypocrisy that the trophy hunting industry uses to promote the killing of imperiled species. The undercover investigation was conducted at the annual Safari Club International (SCI) convention in Nashville, Tennessee. The convention ran from February 22 […]
Petition: Demand Authorities Ban Trophy Hunting Imports that Fall Under the Endangered Species Act
The Safari Club International just recently hosted its annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Hunters from around the world gathered to celebrate murdering animals. They will also bid on hunting “trophies” and expeditions. The are helping the Safari Club raise millions of dollars to help fund their lobbying efforts. SCI will then use these funds to […]
Hundreds of lynx to be hunted in Sweden following biggest ever wolf cull
Sweden has issued licences to hunters to kill a total of 201 lynx, weeks after dozens of wolves were killed in the country’s biggest wolf cull in modern times. The number of licences to kill lynx throughout March, issued by Sweden’s country administrations, is more than double the number in recent years. The planned cull […]
Deforestation could pose disease threat to Amazon’s white-lipped peccaries
Ongoing deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest jeopardizes multiple species, such as the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari). It can also increase the risk of other threats like disease, potentially including spillover events from domestic animals. How this is impacting the species remains broadly unknown and understudied, according to a recent paper published in the journal Biological […]
One Animal Killed Every Three Minutes: Trophy Hunting Is Out Of Control!
Trophy Leaks: Top Hunters And Industry Secrets, by Eduardo Goncalves, also reveals the latest craze among American hunters is to shoot pigs from fast, low-flying helicopters. It claims that: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is a member of a breeding programme that has raked in millions of pounds selling rare animals to trophy hunters. Almost […]
Grizzly bears could be hunted in three US states after Biden administration takes the first step toward ending federal protections for the species – which has ‘recovered’ from the threat of extinction in the northern Rockies
The Biden administration took a first step toward ending federal protections for grizzly bears in the northern Rocky Mountains on Friday, which would open the door to future hunting in several states including, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said state officials provided ‘substantial’ information that grizzlies have recovered from the […]