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Why Is Kenya’s Wildlife Policy 60 Years Behind Southern Africa?

Why Is Kenya’s Wildlife Policy 60 Years Behind Southern Africa?

A 2016 paper by Joseph Ogutu, Senior Statistician University of Hohenheim et al., noted that over the past four decades, populations of almost all the common wildlife species in Kenya have fallen to one-third or less of their previous levels. https://shrturl.app/sWNoJm Concurrently, livestock numbers, most notably sheep

PATROL - VOLUME 14

PATROL - VOLUME 14

Conservation By Foreign Decree The US Fish and Wildlife Service considers the conservation benefit of listing domestic species on the endangered species list much higher than that of foreign species listing. READ NOW Retaliatory and Commercial Poaching of Leopard (6-minute Video) The market for leopard skins seriously threatens the conservation

Conservation By Foreign Decree

Conservation By Foreign Decree

The United States Endangered Species Act identifies five factors that must be considered when determining whether a species should be listed "threatened" or "endangered" They are: 1. the present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of the species' habitat or range; 2. overutilization for commercial,

Retaliatory and Commercial Poaching of Leopard

Retaliatory and Commercial Poaching of Leopard

The market for leopard skins seriously threatens the conservation of the species across Africa. There is a difference between the retaliatory poaching of livestock-killing leopards and commercial poaching. But sometimes, the line becomes blurry. The Isisbaya Leopard Conservation Project in the Matopos region of Zimbabwe hopes to mitigate the effects

Siding with the Enemy

Siding with the Enemy

By Zig Mackintosh What are the overall objectives of the animal rights movement? We get that they don't like any form of wildlife utilization, but they don't like animal husbandry that much, either. What if they had to choose between the two? An interesting paper by

Volunteer Conservation Projects: Snare-busters (6-minute Video)

Volunteer Conservation Projects: Snare-busters (6-minute Video)

Conservation has been a key objective of SA Hunters since its inception in 1949, and the Association has evolved into a locally and internationally respected organization that supports an integrated and rational approach to conservation. SA Hunters members from across South Africa are an active, integral part of their society

PATROL - VOLUME 13

PATROL - VOLUME 13

The Folly of CITES Trade Bans In the 1980s, before the rise of aviary-bred, hand-reared African Grey parrots, around 60,000 birds were poached from the wild to supply the pet trade. The USA, Germany and Holland were the most significant markets. South Africa was also a sizable market, but