The killing of an alpha elephant bull at Omatjete last week has been highly criticised by Namibian conservation and tourism groups. The elephant, named 'Voortrekker' of the rare Ugab desert-adapted herd, was put down last Tuesday by a government-appointed hunter for N$120 000. To Omatjete's Ohungu Conservancy, who claim to …
Carbon storage is widely acknowledged as one of the most valuable forest ecosystem services. Deforestation, logging, fragmentation, fire, and climate change have significant effects on tropical carbon stocks; however, an elusive and yet undetected decrease in carbon storage may be due to defaunation of large seed dispersers. Many large tropical …
Terrestrial large carnivores are in rapid global decline, with consequences for ecosystem structure and function. Among drivers of these declines, legal hunting is unique because it is intentional and thus relatively easily controlled. Although regulated carnivore hunting potentially reduces conflict and provides revenue for conservation, it can also drive population …
ZIMBABWE lost about 24 000 elephants to poachers over the past 20 years, prejudicing the hard currency starved economy of an estimated US$3 billion in sport hunting fees alone, the Financial Gazette can report. Poachers have become a menace within Zimbabwe's animal sanctuaries where they are running rings around a …
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony in Dar es Salaam on Friday evening, President Jakaya Kikwete directed TAWA to go the extra mile beyond conservation and protection, stressing that efforts should also focus on improved security of wild animals and increasing their numbers. "You (TAWA) have the powers to hire competent …
The professional hunter who helped an American dentist kill Zimbabwe’s popular lion Cecil has appeared in court on new charges of planning to smuggle sable antelope out of the country. Theo Bronkhorst, 52, was initially arrested on Monday last week in Zimbabwe’s second largest city of Bulawayo, after he was …
An anti-poaching group who call themselves the Black Mambas has decreased hunting in South Africa's Balule Private Game Reserve by 76 percent. The group of mainly women patrols for poachers in the preserve, and they were recently awarded the United Nations' Champions of the Earth prize for their conservation efforts …
South African conservationists say European hunters on a "driven hunt" have shot pregnant wild animals which were driven towards them down a fenced bush track. The hunts took place on three farms in the All Days district, in the Limpopo province about 300 miles north of Johannesburg. At least 13 …
Florida would allow hunters to kill up to a total of 320 bears in October during the state's first bear hunt season in 20 years, according to a recommendation from the state's wildlife agency presented at a public hearing on Wednesday. The bear hunt was approved in June by the …
The feral deer population of Wilsons Promontory National Park has taken a hit, after 42 deer were killed in the park in just three days in a shooting operation. Parks Victoria district manager Graeme Baxter said the deer "were in generally poor condition", believed to be due to over-population. Deer …
Ancient DNA analysis has revealed the safe havens where New Zealand seabirds found sanctuary from early human hunting. The arrival of the country's first settlers more than 700 years ago had a profound impact on many species of New Zealand wildlife which had never before been hunted by people. In …
Israel – and the small British territory of Gibraltar – are the only areas in the Mediterranean region where negligible numbers of birds are illegally killed, a report to be released on Friday says. Tens of millions of birds are killed across the Mediterranean each year, while a number of …
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has suspended hunting of wildlife in three park estates and introduced stringent conditions for lion, leopard and elephant hunts. This follows the killing of a popular lion, Cecil, by an American dentist Walter Palmer using a bow and arrow earlier this month after …
Zimbabwe has lifted a ban on big game hunting outside a national park 10 days after imposing the moratorium following the illegal killing of the country's most prized lion, NBC News in the United States reported on Monday. Authorities in Zimbabwe imposed an indefinite ban on Aug. 1 on hunting …
Bangladesh Forest Department is going to install tracking devices in the Sundarbans in September next to catch poachers as wildlife hunting, particularly that of tigers, has taken a serious turn in the mangrove forest. "Initially, the tracking devices would be installed in 15 boats of fishermen and five of the …
The furore over the killing by a US dentist of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe has thrown a spotlight on trophy hunting - but while Africa is commonly associated with the sport, American enthusiasts are finding another popular hunting destination - the Islamic Republic of Iran. Every year, Iran's Environment …
Africa has half as many lions as 20 years ago - but don't blame trophy hunting The killing of Zimbabwe's Cecil the Lion has put a welcome spotlight on the alarming decline of Africa's lions, write Lochran Traill & Norman Owen-Smith. But to save the species, we should not obsess …
Unauthorized use of natural resources is a key threat to many protected areas. Approaches to reducing this threat include law enforcement and integrated conservation and development (ICD) projects, but for such ICDs to be targeted effectively, it is important to understand who is illegally using which natural resources and why. …
The killing of Cecil the lion by a U.S. hunter in Zimbabwe has turned up the pressure on Washington to extend legal protection to the African lion by declaring it an endangered species, but some hunting advocates said that would lead to more regulations that could ultimately harm the big …
Amid an international outcry over a US hunter accused of illegally killing a well-known lion named Cecil in early July, authorities in Zimbabwe alleged that a second American killed a lion in an illegal hunt with a bow and arrow several months ago. The National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority …
