Scientists Call for Shift in Global Food System, Not Wildlife Trade Ban
The coronavirus pandemic has brought new attention onto wildlife trade and markets. But, the concerns are not only that a wildlife market ban would be costly to both people and wildlife, but also that the true driver of the emergence of infectious diseases is being completely overlooked. A new study in World Development Journal recognizes […]
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Gun Safety
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Seeing Spots
DSC Awards: Nominate an Extraordinary Wildlife Professional
DSC’s Conservation Trailblazer Award Deadline September 1
British Government Warned Against Causing African Wildlife Conservation Crisis
[author] [author_info] Article and Photos by Emmanuel Koro, a Johannesburg-based international award-winning journalist who has written extensively on environment and development issues in Africa for the past 26 years.[/author_info] [/author] By Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg, 22 July 2020 Observers worldwide are appalled by the proposed British Government anti-trophy hunting imports Bill. They are […]
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OPEN LETTER: Celebrity campaigns undermine successful conservation and human rights
DSC supports the dozens of community leaders who wrote to anti-hunting U.K. celebrities on behalf of millions of people across southern Africa to stop undermining their globally recognized conservation efforts and their basic human right to sustainably use the natural resources on which their communities’ livelihoods depend. Read the full letter below.
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Not the Air Rifle of My Youth
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Handgun Hunting Basics Chapter 3
The Danger of a Sentimental Ban
The Government’s proposal to ban the UK importing and exporting hunting trophies has caused much concern to those of us who live with wild animals and shoulder the financial burden of conserving them and their habitat. If enacted, it won’t just stop British hunters traveling abroad for a legal licensed hunt in another country – […]