GABORONE – Botswana’s president announced on Monday the government will by December start issuing trophy hunting licences after it controversially scrapped a five-year ban on the practice, and angered international conservationists. President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s government in May removed the moratorium, just a year after he succeeded Ian Khama, an avid environmentalist, who had introduced a […]
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Trump administration reportedly approves trophy hunter’s permit for endangered rhino remains
A Michigan trophy hunter’s permit to bring the skull, skin and horns from a critically endangered black rhinoceros he shot in Africa to the U.S. will likely be approved by the Trump administration, according to a report by The Associated Press. Chris Peyerk, of Shelby Township Michigan, applied for the import permit in April. The […]
Calls for Swiss ban on foreign ‘trophy hunters’ shooting the country’s iconic ibex
Tens of thousands of Swiss citizens are calling for an end to “trophy hunting” of the country’s iconic ibex by foreigners who pay up to £15,000 to shoot the long-horned ruminants at close range. Some 46,000 have signed a petition in the past two week in the wake of a TV investigation showing big game […]
‘Lions are on the menu now’: Inside the legal lion bone trade
Kris Everatt was tracking lion prides as part of his conservation research in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park when he came across dozens of dead vultures near a waterhole. As he walked closer to the waterhole, he saw the mutilated bodies of three lions. Their faces and paws were missing. “I’d never seen a lion with […]
Petition: Ban Poisons Killing Mountain Lions
Mountain lions in the United States are very unfortunate. Human activities often put them in danger or directly target and kill them. They are victims of poaching and trophy hunting in states like Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. South Dakota even recently voted to allow trophy hunters to kill 30 percent of their mountain […]
Urgent action needed to save the lion, king of the jungle in the wild, from slaughter
The king of the jungle could be deposed and vanish from the wild forever unless action is taken to halt its slaughter, a new book warns. The alert comes from wildlife photographers who captured more than 70 images of the majestic beasts in national parks and reserves in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa. Remembering Lions […]
Illegal government advisory panel touts ‘benefits’ of trophy hunting
It may be hard to believe that a group of celebrity and professional trophy hunters, a director of the National Rifle Association, and the president of the world’s largest trophy hunting group are advising our government on wildlife conservation. But that is exactly what the International Wildlife Conservation Council, a panel appointed by the Trump […]
Hunters Killed Belgium’s Only Wild Wolf in Over a Century
Conservation groups announced that hunters have shot Belgium’s first wild wolf in over a century. Naya, the wolf in question, has been missing since May. She was first spotted in January 2018 and environmental groups now fear she was shot by a hunter. August, her male companion, has been showing signs of her departure. He […]
