We have just learned about a heartless and illegal hunt that took the life of a male elephant in South Africa’s Limpopo province earlier this month. Here’s what we know at this point: The hunting party consisted of a trophy hunting client, a hunting guide, a reserve representative and a backup rifleman, according to a […]
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Trophy hunters say they economically benefit local communities. Audit tells another story.
Those involved in trophy hunting are quick to tout its purported benefits to local communities in the nations in which their killing of rare and endangered animals takes place. But a new exposé suggests the truth about who the actual beneficiaries are, and it’s not locals. It is the concession holders and operators (who are […]
Belgium to ban import of hunting trophies of endangered species
Whenever I see social media posts by trophy hunters gleefully posing with the animals they’ve killed, I have a feeling of deep loss, for the individual animals slain, for those animals’ families and social networks, and for our planet. And I also feel a deep outrage, because to me those images stand out starkly and […]
Honey production sweetens snow leopard conservation in Kyrgyzstan
SHAMSHY, Kyrgyzstan — “I was only 9 when I first saw a snow leopard with my father. He was a ranger bringing injured animals found in the mountains to the veterinarian,” says Asanbek Sasukilov, 62, a beekeeper and herder. “I was sitting close to the cage. Suddenly, the snow leopard started to roar, and I […]
Trophy hunters threaten to sue group of MPs for using photographs of them in an anti-hunting report
Trophy hunters are threatening to sue a group of MPs for using photographs of them in an anti-hunting report. The 78 pictures, which show the hunters posing with dead animals including lions, zebras, giraffes and elephants, were included in a paper calling for a ban on trophy imports. It was published last year by the […]
Top transplant surgeon named as trophy hunter accused of killing DOZENS of animals
A former top transplant surgeon has been named as a prolific trophy hunter accused of killing dozens of animals including buffaloes. Campaigners say Prof Michael Thick and his wife Catherine imported hides from their kills back to Britain to turn them into jackets and bags. The former professor of genomics was named among 100 British […]
Petition: Help Protect Lynx from Trophy Hunters in Sweden
The Swedish government recently gave hunting licenses so hunters can kill hundreds of lynxes this spring. These animals are predicted to become “locally extinct” within the next few decades. Yet the Swedish government is allowing these animals to be killed for no other reason than to be “trophies” on someone’s wall or floor. This is […]
Britain’s proposed ban on big game trophies is ‘arrogant’ and five African nations say the plan smacks of ‘colonialism’
African leaders and conservationists have accused the UK of endangering animals by trying to ban the import of big game trophies. Nations that are home to most of the big game species on the continent say they need the profits from blood sports to pay for conservation projects. They expressed exasperation at not being consulted […]