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Shooting lions for pleasure is an abomination
After Cecil the lion was shot and killed by an American dentist three years ago, YouTube was flooded with searches…
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Outrage as Russian trophy hunter shoots dead a huge elephant near Zimbabwe national park despite it being tagged
A large bull elephant has been shot dead by a Russian trophy hunter in Zimbabwe despite wearing a research tag. …
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Op-Ed: Did Oxford University researchers sanction hunting of Cecil the lion and his son, Xanda?
When thousands of people donated nearly R20-million to the Oxford University Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) after the killing of…
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The great emptiness is upon us
Fifteen months after Zimbabwe’s two infamous lion killings earned the Lower Dete Valley its reputation as the graveyard of Hwange…
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Trophy Hunting Fees Do Little to Help Threatened Species, Report Says
WASHINGTON — Advocates of trophy hunting, and even the United States government, have long justified the killing of protected wildlife…
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Hunters feed corrupt Zim officials
Rural communities say they receive nothing from the huge fees hunters pay to kill big game. Edward Ngwenya lives in…
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Life after Cecil: channelling global outrage into funding for conservation in Africa
Abstract Trophy hunting is widely used in Africa to generate funding for wildlife areas. In 2015, a global media frenzy…
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Exclusive: Hard Numbers Reveal Scale of America’s Trophy-Hunting Habit
A new analysis from the Humane Society finds American hunters import more than 126,000 animal trophies a year. This week…
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Ultimate Hunters Market: Will this giant hunting auction benefit African wildlife?
Does trophy hunting support wildlife conservation in Africa? The world’s most influential hunters’ association would like you to think so.…
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Hwange’s Cecil: The true backstory you might not know
What if you started losing your hair? Bit by bit, seeing the gaping effects in your hairline, yet feeling powerless…
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Cecil the lion outcry fails to stop the horrific tourist trade in big game hunting
GRAPHIC CONTENT A film lays the barbaric ‘sport’ bare as it follows Aaron Neilson, who has killed 15 lions plus…
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Lions, trophy hunting and the US government – the 27 facts you need to know
The US government has changed the rules relating to lion trophy imports. I have attempted to summarise their report of circa 64,000…
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Compassionate Conservation Meets Cecil the Slain Lion
A recent meeting focused on whether we should kill in the name of conservation “More than ever conservation needs new…
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U.S. to Protect African Lions Under Endangered Species Act
Five months after a lion named Cecil was shot and killed in Zimbabwe by a Minnesota dentist, the Obama administration…
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American ‘Trophy’ Hunters Kill Endangered, Threatened Animals Abroad Almost Daily
An NBC Bay Area investigation reveals 1.2 million animals, including endangered and threatened wildlife, were killed abroad by American hunters…
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Trophy hunting stronghold on Africa’s wildlife seeping across to SA
The world’s wealthiest hunting organization, Safari Club International (SCI) and professional hunting groups, met behind closed doors with the South…
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The end of canned lion hunting looks imminent
Breaking news has also come out of the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa (PHASA) AGM. A motion has been passed…
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Is Trophy Hunting Helping Save African Elephants?
Fees from trophy hunting of elephants that are supposed to help local communities—and elephants—often don’t. African elephants are in…
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Photo safaris trump trophy hunting
In July, the illegal killing of Zimbabwe’s iconic lion Cecil re-ignited the debate over the desirability of trophy hunting in…
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Hundreds of animals like Cecil the lion could be killed after UK blocks hunting ban
HUNTERS are still free to bring back animal trophies to the UK despite the Cecil the lion scandal . An…