Exactly how the FWS will determine whether a hunt benefits the species — and how much this new rule will limit trophy hunting in Africa — is not yet clear. The listing also allows the United ...

Representatives from the six nations have now requested a meeting with British government officials to discuss the issue.

The UK’s recent introduction of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill signals troubling momentum toward restrictive trophy hunting ...

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.

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.

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 ...

But both sides in the hunting debate claim they are the true guardians of animal welfare. Supporters of African trophy hunting, including some in very high places - two of President Trump's sons ...

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 ...

This reflects the view of a small number of media celebrities such as Ricky Gervais and Joanna Lumley, who have repeatedly called on African countries to ban trophy hunting, while ignoring the ...

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 ...