Professional hunter Fico Vidale and his team, with a government game scout, caught an armed poacher on the Katanga Plateau on the northern border of the Kafue National Park in Zambia. The poacher was stalking a large herd of buffalo. The local village gunsmith had fashioned the stock. The barrel
A 2016 paper by Joseph Ogutu, Senior Statistician University of Hohenheim et al., noted that over the past four decades, populations of almost all the common wildlife species in Kenya have fallen to one-third or less of their previous levels. https://shrturl.app/sWNoJm Concurrently, livestock numbers, most notably sheep
Conservation By Foreign Decree The US Fish and Wildlife Service considers the conservation benefit of listing domestic species on the endangered species list much higher than that of foreign species listing. READ NOW Retaliatory and Commercial Poaching of Leopard (6-minute Video) The market for leopard skins seriously threatens the conservation
The United States Endangered Species Act identifies five factors that must be considered when determining whether a species should be listed "threatened" or "endangered" They are: 1. the present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of the species' habitat or range; 2. overutilization for commercial,
The market for leopard skins seriously threatens the conservation of the species across Africa. There is a difference between the retaliatory poaching of livestock-killing leopards and commercial poaching. But sometimes, the line becomes blurry. The Isisbaya Leopard Conservation Project in the Matopos region of Zimbabwe hopes to mitigate the effects
By Zig Mackintosh What are the overall objectives of the animal rights movement? We get that they don't like any form of wildlife utilization, but they don't like animal husbandry that much, either. What if they had to choose between the two? An interesting paper by
Conservation has been a key objective of SA Hunters since its inception in 1949, and the Association has evolved into a locally and internationally respected organization that supports an integrated and rational approach to conservation. SA Hunters members from across South Africa are an active, integral part of their society
The Folly of CITES Trade Bans In the 1980s, before the rise of aviary-bred, hand-reared African Grey parrots, around 60,000 birds were poached from the wild to supply the pet trade. The USA, Germany and Holland were the most significant markets. South Africa was also a sizable market, but
The Artemisan Foundation is a Spanish private non-profit organization whose objective is to promote the management and conservation of fauna and flora species through research, communication and legal defence, paying particular attention to the sustainable use of game species to benefit ecosystems and the rural world. The Foundation contends that
By Zig Mackintosh In the 1980s, before the rise of aviary-bred, hand-reared African Grey parrots, around 60,000 birds were poached from the wild to supply the pet trade. The USA, Germany and Holland were the most significant markets. South Africa was also a sizable market, but the birds mainly
Guides Against Poaching (GAP), in collaboration with photographic and hunting safari operations, undertakes snare sweeps in the Zambezi National Park regularly. Still, they need more boots on the ground to get on top of the situation. GAP director John Laing explains their issues in fighting the poaching scourge.
In April 2023, Ganam staff undertook a helicopter patrol across the Moyowosi South game reserve with members of Tanzania Wildlife Authority (TAWA) officials, who were most helpful and supportive during the whole operation. It was an excellent opportunity to survey Moyowosi South and better understand the status of the reserve