A company near Glastonbury has come under fire for selling “cruel” safaris where hunters can pay to kill baboons, monkeys, elephants, giraffes, and zebras. ProStalk, based in Baltonsborough, six miles from Glastonbury, offers a range of packages specialising in trophy hunts across Africa, reports the Mirror. Prices range from £875 to more than £8,000 with […]
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People Are Paying to Participate in Organized Polar Bear Hunts
Polar bears are one of nature’s beautiful, strong, impressive animals that are sadly subject to humans’ incessant trophy hunting. According to National Geographic, humans tend to hunt as ‘trophies,’ animals that are “most evolutionarily fit and possess the high-quality genes a population of animals need to adapt quickly to a changing environment.” This means the […]
Puffins being hunted and brought back to the UK despite Government efforts to save the species
Puffins are being hunted 100 at a time by trophy collectors who are allowed to bring the carcasses back to the UK, despite the government’s efforts to save the species.Campaigners and MPs are calling on Theresa Villiers, the new environment secretary, to ban the import of puffin trophies and push the international wildlife trade body […]
How to stop trophy hunting? Buy up all the licences
Brian Falconer is more than happy to admit that he and his colleagues at Raincoast Conservation Foundation have dismal records as guide outfitters. In fact, in the 33,500 square kilometres of B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest where Raincoast holds the commercial hunting licence — which gives the organization the right to escort foreign hunters into the […]
Poachers Are Invading Botswana, Last Refuge of African Elephants
In September, conservationists in Botswana discovered 87 dead elephants, their faces hacked off and tusks missing. Poaching, the researchers warned, was on the rise. The news had international repercussions. Botswana had been one of the last great elephant refuges, largely spared the poaching crisis that has swept through much of Africa over the past decade. […]
Petition: Protect Endangered Black Rhino Habitat in Tanzania!
Black rhinos are critically endangered, meaning they are very close to extinction. They need as much protection as possible, but sadly they are often victims of poaching, trophy hunting, and habitat loss. Rhinos are often poached for their horns which cost a lot of money on the black market. They’re also pushed out of their […]
Sick couple kiss to celebrate killing magnificent lion in horrifying picture
A sick couple kiss to celebrate killing a magnificent lion in a vile reminder of the blood lust in trophy hunting. They call it sport. Lions and other magnificent beasts are corralled in a confined area and then slaughtered by paying customers. Hunters are then allowed to bring the body parts back to the UK […]
Safari operator suspends website after ‘trophy hunting’ accusations
A safari operator owned and run by a British man has removed its website and closed its social media accounts after being accused of running ‘canned hunts’ where lions are bred and killed in captivity by so-called trophy hunters. Blackthorn Safaris allegedly charges game hunters up to £13,00 for a five-day lion hunt based at […]