A leading global lion conservationist has warned of the impending extinction of lions in Africa where the overall population has fallen below 10 000 from a peak estimate of over 20 000 eight years ago. In a presentation to the British parliamentary committee debating proposals to ban the importation of African wildlife trophies into the […]
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The world of trophy hunting exposed by Rogue Rubin
Rogue Rubin’s brave, secret labor behind the camera offers us a unique look into the world of trophy hunting, where wealthy people—mainly men, mostly Americans and Europeans, some sporting Hemingway beards—pay to kill while on safari. A liberal vegetarian from Melbourne named Rubin plays Joni Kiser, a pro-hunting enthusiast and aspiring photographer, in the movie […]
Trophy hunters are slaughtering an animal every three minutes
Trophy hunters are slaughtering an animal every three minutes – with UK marksmen among the world’s most prolific killers, the Daily Mail can reveal. British hunters have won prizes for shooting more than a hundred different species, including endangered ones such as lions and polar bears, says a report by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) […]
Safari Club International invested £1 million to oppose a ban on the importation of the body parts of endangered species
According to a recent report by MPs, the US hunting lobby has spent £1 million trying to persuade the government to postpone the trophy import ban. Three years ago, Boris Johnson pledged to outlaw the importation of these medals, but the legislation has yet to pass the legislature. Henry Smith, a Conservative lawmaker and advocate […]
Inside how Botswana’s trophy hunting is making the rich richer and the poor poorer
Botswana’s trophy hunting which was supposed to benefit local communities is instead shifting wealth from them to the country’s big businessmen- Sunday Standard investigations have revealed. In the latest development, a company owned by business mogul Derek Brink has strong armed an Okavango Delta based community trust to award them an elephant hunting quota at […]
Trophy hunter paid $50,000 to kill Botswana’s biggest elephant for its record-breaking tusks
Trophy hunters in Botswana slaughtered the country’s largest elephant for its nearly 8-foot-long tusks. According to Wildlife At Risk International, the elephant had 200 pounds of ivory in its tusks and was the largest to be hunted in the country since 1996. According to The New York Times, the trophy hunter traveled to Botswana and […]
Trophy hunters offered cut-price deals to shoot Africa’s “big five” species
Britons are being offered the opportunity to shoot elephants and lions at a bargain. The “special offer” is a last-ditch effort to entice big-game hunters back to Africa in the aftermath of the pandemic. Tourists from the United Kingdom and the United States were unable to fly into South Africa as a result of Covid. […]
US hunters import almost one million hunting trophies including skulls, mounts, and teeth
“The tremendous influx of hunting trophies into the United States indicates massive animal exploitation at a time when the world is facing extinction.” Over the course of five years, American hunters imported more than 700,000 hunting trophies, including skulls, mounts, and teeth, among other things. According to data collected by the Center for Biological Diversity […]