by Adam Cruise | Apr 1, 2022 | Commentary
By Ross Harvey – Good Governance Africa (GGA) On Friday 25 February 2022, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (FFE), Barbara Creecy announced that a trophy hunting quota had been set for 10 black rhinos, 10 leopards and 150 elephants for 2022. In...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 5, 2019 | Commentary
By Dr. Ross Harvey (Independent Economist, University of Cape Town) For a Western hunter to pay to kill an African animal and expatriate its parts is a form of objectification, dehumanising and therefore morally reprehensible. It may entrench a Western narrative of...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 19, 2019 | Commentary
By Audrey Delsink (Wildlife Director, Human Society International/Africa), Dr. Keith Lindsay (Collaborating Researcher, Amboseli Trust for Elephants), Adam Cruise (PhD candidate: Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Dr. Ross Harvey (Independent Economist,...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 20, 2019 | Commentary
By Ross Harvey– PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town The arguments for trophy hunting contained within a recent letter published in the journal Science simply don’t stack up. A new letter published in Science argues that banning trophy hunting...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 30, 2019 | Commentary
By Ross Harvey- PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town The Conversation Elephants are often accused of being responsible for the unsustainable loss of large trees in protected areas. This is because they strip bark and break branches. They can also...
