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6 AM: An antelope dies in a wire snare 200 kilometers from the nearest city. 6 PM: That same antelope is served in an urban restaurant. This is the bushmeat pipeline. What began as local subsistence hunting has evolved into an industrial supply chain. Poachers sell to local traders, who
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By Prof Brian Child I believe that the problems afflicting resource-dependent communities in forests and drylands originate from insecurity of person and property. The institution of property in the context of the reinstitutionalization of ungoverned spaces through Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM), where property has four main purposes:
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When we think of African wildlife crime, we picture this. Poaching. Ivory. International trafficking. But there's a hidden crisis unfolding across Africa that dwarfs these headlines. Every single day, across every habitat. While around 20,000 elephants are killed annually for ivory… …millions of African animals disappear into
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An extraordinary partnership in the ancient granite landscape of the Matobo Hills of Western Zimbabwe is proving that private enterprise and community can thrive when wildlife is used sustainably. When the Johnson brothers, Guav and Courteney, partnered with the communal land residents who had long struggled with poverty and limited
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By Hank's Voice The celebrity led, UK based, Campaign To Ban Trophy Hunting (CBTH) must not be making enough money from selling their ugly T-shirts and peddling their even fouler lies, as they're amping up their antics again, desperately hoping to hoodwink a gullible public
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The SA Hunters and Game Conservation Association has a proactive leadership position on the South African National Lead Task Team (LTT) addressing poaching threats. Here are the key details: SA Hunters' Role: SA Hunters is a founder member of the National Lead Task Team (LTT), one of the task
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By Prof Brian Child The last few centuries have seen the most rapid transformation of human society in history. The misery of an agrarian economy based on feudal ownership was replaced by the current era of prosperity and personal freedoms that so many of us are fortunate to enjoy. This
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By Hanks Voice It's difficult to find someone not fascinated by and attracted to hummingbirds. They are universally alluring avian marvels that are highly recognizable, tiny in stature, capable of incredible, almost helicopter-like maneuvers in flight, and bejeweled with stunning iridescent plumage. Sightings of them are coveted
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By the 1950s, Nile crocodiles in Zimbabwe were nearly extinct. Commercial hunters had killed most of them for their valuable skins. The crocodiles were easy targets because they lived in predictable locations, hunters could spot them easily at night with spotlights, and each kill was worth a lot of money.
Anti Poaching Operations
By Raquel Reguera The safari hunting industry is changing. I recently had dinner with an old friend, a big outfitter today, and we joked about it. When we both started (almost at the same time, more than 25 years ago), we mostly showed photos of the big trophies taken; now,
Tactics & Technology
Program directors Vaughan Whitehead-Wilson and Gibson Ncube explain the Isibaya stock replacement system in this second episode. Instead of paying cash for livestock loss to predators such as a leopard, the program replaces the animal with a similar-aged one. This innovative conservation program has enormous potential to: * Protect
Anti Poaching Operations
By Jon Peterson In rural Africa, the responsibility for wildlife conservation frequently falls on local hunting safari operators. Through their efforts, essentials like anti-poaching operations and community services are provided. In this spirit, the African Wildlife Conservation Coalition was created as a non-profit organization in the United States