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Hunting African game is an emotionally-charged issue, so we work to inject scientific facts into the discussion. But facts alone sometimes fall short of convincing someone who just doesn’t like the idea hunting. So we’ve collected several different sources for you to read, watch and learn for yourself. The links below are from a wide variety of people including scientists with PhDs in conservation; non-hunting journalists; documentary directors who are anti-hunters; a TED presenter; a Zimbabwean who grew up in the African bush and is now a medical doctor in the United States—in other words, a lot of people who aren’t hunters, but who all provide valuable information for you to consider. And who all have spent long periods of time on the ground in Africa forming their conclusions.
SUSTAINABLE USE CONSERVATION: Using the various components of wildlife—the species and habitats—while maintaining all the ecosystem’s functions and benefits so they can continue over the long term.
Sustainable Use, by definition, is conservation.
From WWF: Local communities and species have benefited from this innovative and popular conservation approach through the creation of new jobs, additional food, and diversified livelihoods – thereby creating incentives for communities to protect local wildlife populations and to conserve the habitat such populations depend upon. https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/sustainable-use-of-wildlife
How the ban on lion hunting killed the lions
Mikkel Legarth at TEDxCopenhagen
When it comes to animals, people’s behavior is usually driven by their emotions instead of facts and knowledge – it’s a behavior that can result in the exact opposite of what was intended.
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Trophy hunting could help conserve lions, says Cecil the lion scientist
Trophy hunting could help conserve lions, according to the Oxford University scientist who had studied Cecil the lion for years before the animal was killed by an American dentist.
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Interview with the Directors of Trophy
The Importance of Trophy Hunting
Articles and Videos
What Does Sustainable Use Mean?
Sustainable use means using the components of biodiversity in a way that doesn’t lead to their long-term decline.
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How Do You Explain Sustainable Use Conservation to People Who Don’t Understand?
There must be some benefit for people to cohabitate with wildlife, when there are numerous threats to their daily needs, their livelihoods and their existence.
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HUNTING CAN BE GOOD FOR LIONS AND ELEPHANTS
The debate about hunting lions and elephants has just come roaring back. Earlier this month the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lifted a ban on importing lion and elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia. Just days later, after an outcry, President Trump reinstated it. “Put big game trophy decision on hold,” Mr. Trump tweeted, “until such time as I review all conservation facts.”
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TEDx : HOW THE BAN ON LION HUNTING KILLED THE LIONS. MIKKEL LEGARTH
When it comes to animals, people’s behavior is usually driven by their emotions instead of facts and knowledge — it’s a behavior that can result in the exact opposite of what was intended.
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TROPHY HUNTING COULD HELP CONSERVE LIONS, SAYS CECIL THE LION SCIENTIST.
Trophy hunting could help conserve lions, according to the Oxford University scientist who had studied Cecil the lion for years before the animal was killed by an American dentist.
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HUNT ELEPHANTS TO SAVE THEM?
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service last month moved to allow hunters to bring home trophies from elephants killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia. Safe to say, few conservationists saw it coming.
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LIONIZING CECIL MAKES US FEEL GOOD, BUT A TROPHY HUNTING BAN WILL ACCELERATE SLAUGHTER.
Ultimately, wild animals are disappearing in Africa because they are worthless to the people who live with and near them.
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A HUNTING BAN SAPS A VILLAGE’S LIVELIHOOD.
Since Botswana banned trophy hunting two years ago, remote communities like Sankuyo have been at the mercy of growing numbers of wild animals that are hurting livelihoods and driving terrified villagers into their homes at dusk.
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Zimbabwe park warns it may shoot 200 ‘surplus’ lions now that big game hunters are staying home
The outcry over Walter Palmer’s killing of Cecil drove other big-game hunters away from Zimbabwe, fearful they too would attract the ire of the public. But in what is being described as a side effect of the affair, Zimbabwe’s largest wildlife area says it now finds itself suffering from an overpopulation of lions.
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IN ZIMBABWE, WE DON’T CRY FOR LIONS.
Did all those Americans signing petitions understand that lions actually kill people? That all the talk about Cecil being “beloved” or a “local favorite” was media hype? Did Jimmy Kimmel choke up because Cecil was murdered or because he confused him with Simba from “The Lion King”?
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TWO MINUTE DEBATE: DO HUNTERS CONSERVE WILDLIFE?
Whether in America’s state game lands or the African bush, hunting has become one of the most hotly debated issues in the media and online. Internationally, the killing of Cecil the lion triggered a firestorm of criticism over trophy hunting rules and regulations.
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KILLING CECIL TO SAVE LIONS?
Kenya’s love for its wild animals hasn’t done enough to save them from the brink of oblivion. In the decades following the ban, the country’s Mara region lost more than 70 percent of its large mammals, according to a 2011 study published in the Journal of Zoology.
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WHAT IF WE BANNED TROPHY HUNTING IN AFRICA?
Many folks, at least among the conservation-minded, seem to agree that trophy hunting isn’t exactly a good model of animal welfare. But many also acknowledge that it can be, if executed properly and with oversight and strict quotas, a useful wildlife management tool. Hunting may be among the few useful mechanisms for controlling ungulate populations that would expand with abandon given the relative absence of natural predators.
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DR COONEY
Factsheet of the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management. UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, Rome
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There Are Far Too Many Elephants In Southern Africa
Don’t get me wrong. I love elephants. Next, to the black rhino, they are my favourite animal but, as they say in the classics: “Enough is enough”.
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WSJ Op-Ed: Hunting Can Be Good for Lions and Elephants
The debate about hunting lions and elephants has just come roaring back. Earlier this month the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lifted a ban on importing lion and elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia. Just days later, after an outcry, President Trump reinstated it. “Put big game trophy decision on hold,” Mr. Trump tweeted, “until such time as I review all conservation facts.”
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