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Greenwashing and Social Justice: Pro-Trophy Hunting Narratives Need Careful Examination

Greenwashing and Social Justice: Pro-Trophy Hunting Narratives Need Careful Examination

by Adam Cruise | Dec 19, 2024 | Commentary

By Stephanie Klarmann – The Revelator Arguments abound on the benefits and dangers of trophy hunting. We need a careful, measured approach to analyzing how it’s justified and promoted. Trophy hunting remains a contentious subject amongst scientists,...
What the welfare? When industry interest trumps wellbeing

What the welfare? When industry interest trumps wellbeing

by Adam Cruise | Sep 16, 2024 | Commentary

By Ross Harvey – Business Day A disturbing challenge has been launched by trophy hunters in the Constitutional Court objecting to the definition of animal wellbeing included in the latest set of amendments to national environmental law. The South African Hunters...
Hunters’ association fires first salvo at state law legislating ‘wellbeing’ considerations of wild animals

Hunters’ association fires first salvo at state law legislating ‘wellbeing’ considerations of wild animals

by Adam Cruise | Sep 11, 2024 | Commentary

By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick It was only a matter of time before hunters challenged former environment minister Barbara Creecy’s new laws on the treatment of wild animals. The first salvo has just been fired in the Constitutional Court. The motion by the SA...
Killing of five elephants, said to be ‘super-tuskers’ from Kenya’s Amboseli, sparks major row

Killing of five elephants, said to be ‘super-tuskers’ from Kenya’s Amboseli, sparks major row

by Adam Cruise | Aug 8, 2024 | Commentary

By Ross Harvey – Daily Maverick Given how few big tuskers are left in the world (some estimates suggest fewer than 50), the agreement between Kenya and Tanzania to not hunt the Amboseli population couldn’t be more important. Five mature elephant bulls have been...
Killing of five elephants, said to be ‘super-tuskers’ from Kenya’s Amboseli, sparks major row

Trophy hunting of Amboseli’s super-tuskers in Tanzania sparks outrage, calls for a ban

by Adam Cruise | Jul 24, 2024 | Commentary

By Malavika Vyawahare, Mongabay Trophy hunters in Tanzania killed at least five male elephants with tusks weighing more than 100 pounds (45 kilograms). These iconic residents of Amboseli National Park in Kenya are known to venture into neighboring Tanzania, which...
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