WASHINGTON— Animal protection and conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to propose stricter protections for African leopards under the U.S. Endangered Species ...
Scientists believe that African leopard populations are plummeting due to habitat loss, prey depletion, persecution by people, poaching for the illegal skin trade and unsustainable trophy hunting. The ...
But trophy hunting today, especially of the so-called big five in Africa (elephant, lion, leopard, rhino, and Cape buffalo), brings with it a larger set of moral and financial questions.
Dame Judi Dench has issued an impassioned video plea for the Labour Government to speed up its manifesto commitment to end ...
"If you see something like a leopard hunting an impala or something like ... community members and academics. Trophy ...
Supporters of African trophy hunting, including some in very high ... equivalent to the price of a Namibian licence to shoot a single leopard. Many tourist lodge operators work in partnership ...
Trophy hunting is effectively the legal ... conservation is not flying to South Africa and shooting a rhino, shooting a leopard, standing over a giraffe. "If you’re going to come to Africa ...
For decades, the public has been made to belive the myth that trophy hunting is necessary for sustainable conservation in Africa. Trophy hunting is therefore, currently the subject of debate and ...
The debate over the new law highlights the ongoing conflict between conservation efforts and the livelihoods of communities in African countries where trophy hunting plays a crucial economic role.