By Tracy - The Canary The trophy hunting lobby group Safari Club International (SCI) attracted media attention in January. This was for auctioning off killing trips for a polar bear and numerous other wild animals at its Las Vegas convention. The coverage was based on...
By Geoff Beattie Do you have any desire to stalk and kill an elephant? Probably not, but some relish the idea. Recently the world’s largest trophy hunting convention took place in Las Vegas, organised by Safari Club International, an influential US-based...
By Helena Kriel and Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick The Kruger National Park has a major rhino-poaching crisis, but that’s just one of many mounting problems — and it’s extremely worrying. Crags of ancient rock and twisting rivers, 1,000-year-old trees and a rug of...
By Alejandro Ordonez, Evan Fricke, Haldre Rogers & Jens-Christian Svenning Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does it reproduce so that its offspring don’t grow up in its shadow, fighting for light? The answer is seed dispersal....
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick The debate on what to do about elephants in Botswana is frequently divided into those who want to cull them and those who don’t. At one extreme are hunter Ron Thomson and his followers, who have been lobbying the government of Botswana...
By Jovy Chan Banning the ivory trade without addressing the demand for ivory products only forces the trade underground and makes it even harder to stopHong Kong needs to ban the sale of antique ivory and remove demand before it can give elephants the protection they...
By MERRILL SAPP - Earth Island Journal Every animal has a role within its ecosystem, even if we have little knowledge of what that role is. Over summer last year, giraffes were elevated to a new height. Though they are an iconic species, giraffes have never gotten the...
By TANYA SANERIB, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - The Hill In a move that will help elephants, giraffes and other at-risk animals, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government recently finalized a bill banning trophy imports of imperiled species that will be sent to...
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick Namibia’s Community-Based Natural Resource Management is seen as a global gold standard for conservation. But a probe has found that it’s falling apart. An investigation into Namibia’s wildlife management policies and...
By Jared Kukura - Wild Things Initiative I’d be a rich man if I got a nickel every time someone said killing elephants is necessary to keep their population under control. Apparently, we’re all just supposed to ignore the fact that elephant numbers declined by more...