In response to the alarming decline in global biodiversity, the Canadian government has announced groundbreaking measures to address the crisis facing African elephants and rhinos. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate change, recently unveiled stricter regulations aimed at curbing the trade of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn across Canadian borders. This historic decision reflects […]
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Brutal killing of African elephant highlights need to end trophy hunting
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hippos Are in Trouble. Will an Endangered Listing Save Them?
Thanks to years of campaigning by wildlife conservation groups, it’s widely known that Africa’s elephants and rhinos are threatened by the trade in their valuable tusks and horns. Laws and regulations have been tightened, and in many countries it’s now difficult, if not impossible, to legally sell elephant and rhino products. Less well known is […]
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 […]
Bill banning import of hunting trophies into UK passed by MPs
MPs have voted to support a controversial ban on importing hunting trophies from thousands of species into the UK, preventing British hunters from bringing the body parts of lions, elephants and giraffes into the country. A private member’s bill put forward by the Conservative MP Henry Smith and backed by the government received the support […]