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Trade bans don't stop poaching. The issue is that a powerful NGO anti-use lobby comprising many interest groups generates funding from these trade bans. They campaign to raise money to "save the elephant" by ensuring a ban on the ivory trade remains. Their narrative is that

Mark Haldane from Zambeze Delta Safaris (ZDS) has sage advice for anybody starting in the hunting industry. Winning the local community over. The job will get much easier when they feel the absolute benefits of living alongside wildlife. The most important step was probably the community meat drop. A small

By Douglas Wise I was stimulated to write this review as a consequence of reading Part 2 of Dick Laws’ autobiography, entitled “Hippos’ Tears and Elephants’ Tusks.”  I hadn’t realised that the battle between “preservationists” and “sustainable users” was raging over 50 years ago.  I didn’t know Dr

Erik Verreynne, based in Botswana, is a wildlife and livestock veterinarian with a master’s in wildlife management. He believes that wildlife management must include the coexistence between people and wildlife, and in Botswana, human-elephant conflict is a thorny issue. Does Botswana have too many elephants? To answer the question,

By Zig Mackintosh The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), based in Bozeman, Montana, USA, is a conservation and research institute dedicated to free-market environmentalism. PERC is committed to working with conservationists, policymakers, scholars, and journalists to understand the root of environmental conflict and move toward innovative solutions. Their particular

Zambia's Lunga Busanga Game Management Area (GMA) borders the Kafue National Park to the north. Fico Vidale Safaris is the concession holder of the area. Poaching is a problem across Africa, and in this area, meat poaching, both commercial and subsistence, is the biggest concern. As human populations

By Hank’s Voice Some critics of hunting assert that it should only be done for meat and that only indigenous peoples should be hunting, as they are true conservationists. But a 2016 paper by Ripple et al. published in the journal Royal Society Open Science presents concerns strongly suggesting