Articles
Death of Mountain Lion reveals contrast between western and africans Attitudes to Wildlife
Published on 1 February 2023
Los Angeles residents grieved the death of a wild mountain lion in late December. The cougar, as it is properly known, was put down by veterinarians when it could no longer stalk food or defend its territory.
Kenyans appeal to future President to lift "unhelpful" international Hunting ban
Published on 5 July 2022
Rural and urban Kenyan citizens have appealed to the future President of Kenya to “lift the unhelpful international hunting ban” that brought an increase in wildlife poaching and missed opportunities to support wildlife conservation with...
Will British Government discontinue hunting trophies imports ban bill to gain Africa's respect?
Published on 19 April 2022
To gain or totally lose respect of African people and wildlife conservationists worldwide?
This is the question that the British Government must answer quickly in view of the somewhat shaky decision that it reportedly made recently, to...
Western politician holds african wildlife hostage - total destruction
Published on 15 February 2022
If it was a movie, it would focus on a top British politician’s 21st century moment of madness when he chose not to listen to wildlife management experts but to the clueless animal rights groups fundraising industry; whose figureheads ill-advised...
Kenya "decides to lose its lions" as SADC countries use hunting to save theirs
Published on 6 February 2022
Kenya has disastrously ‘decided’ to continue losing its lion population to poachers and communities that suffer the costs of co-existing with the lions without benefiting from them, forcing them to embark on revenge killings.
In sharp...
How Kenya "plotted" own Wildlife loss
Published on 14 December 2021
If Kenya had known that its 1977 hunting ban would devalue and massively degrade its wildlife it might have avoided it. Sadly, the damage has already been done. A professor of the US-based University of Florida Centre For African Studies, Dr...
Why southern african rural communities say hunting will never end in Africa
Published on 21 September 2021
By Emmanuel Koro, Johannesburg, South Africa: If the controversy over international hunting was a third world war between Western animal rights groups and the African hunting communities – animal rights groups would lose it on the ground. Yes, at...
Wildlife conservation success impossible in Africa without international hunting
Published on 10 August 2021
Why should African rural communities co-existing with wildlife and receiving zero benefits from it bother conserving wildlife that damages their crops, kills their livestock, loved ones and destroys their property?
Zambia on anti-trophy hunting imports dictatorship
Published on 23 June 2021
Zambia’s quiet diplomacy in its efforts to convince the Western countries and animal rights groups to stop their trophy hunting imports ban dictatorship over Africa seems to have ended. It broke the silence in May 2021. Last month, the director...
Nature is under pressure, but not from hunting
Published on 23 February 2021
Article posted by FACE in Nature Conservation. Fact-checking the EU's State of Nature report.
Hunting is increasingly being referred to as a high-pressure driving species’ loss and habitat deterioration. This assumption...
La chasse aux trophées
Published on 29 September 2020
Lorsque des critères stricts sont respectés, la chasse aux trophées a tout son rôle dans la conservation de la biodiversité.
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Article
Death of Mountain Lion reveals contrast between western and africans Attitudes to Wildlife
Los Angeles residents grieved the death of a wild mountain lion in late December. The cougar, as it is properly known, was put down by veterinarians when it could no longer stalk food or defend...
Published on 1 February 2023
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