The Great Elephant Debate: Legalising ivory trade will be a giant mistake

The Great Elephant Debate: Legalising ivory trade will be a giant mistake

Demands from southern African countries to allow international trade in elephant ivory are extremely dangerous. Proponents are trying to create the impression that wild populations are growing to problematic numbers when, in fact, the species remains in decline across the continent and is threatened with long-term extinction. Couched in the language of sustainability, arguments made […]

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South Africa selling tiger and lion hunts to Chinese nouveau riche

South Africa selling tiger and lion hunts to Chinese nouveau riche

Critically endangered tigers, considered to be ‘functionally extinct’ in China, are now offered by several South African hunting businesses. Since tigers are primarily defined as an exotic species in South Africa, the captive breeding, trading and hunting of this CITES Appendix I species is unregulated, with an estimated 60 mostly unlicensed tiger breeders, including several […]

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