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International Vulture Awareness Day.
The first Saturday in September each year is International Vulture Awareness Day. So why should we care? Vultures are an ecologically vital group of birds that face a range of threats in many areas th... Read More
Hypocrisy Writ Large.
The U.S. Department of the Interior recently reported that the Biden-Harris Administration had initiated the “America the Beautiful” project. https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris... Read More
HUMAN RIGHTS OR ANIMAL RIGHTS?
2019 CITES conference in Geneva has revealed that the animal rights organizations call the shots. The convention is no longer about the control of trade in endangered species but rather the prohibitio... Read More
ECOLOGICAL AREAS VERSUS SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS.
Richard Fynn is an associate professor at the Okavango Research Institute in Botswana. His areas of interest are rangeland ecology, wildlife ecology, and conservation science. Over the years he has pu... Read More
DOES HUNTING TOURISM STIFLE PHOTO TOURISM?
The photo tourism sector is often guilty of siding with animal rights activists in condemning hunting tourism to curry favor with prospective clients. There is also the belief that if safari hunting o... Read More
Lessons From the Frontline: Bubye Valley Conservancy.
The Bubye Valley Conservancy is one of the most exciting wildlife success stories in modern times. In this short video Blondie Leathem, the general manager, explains what came before the conservancy w... Read More
CITES BAN FOLLIES.
In the 1980s, before the rise of aviary-bred, hand-reared African Grey parrots, around 60 000 birds were taken from the wild to supply the pet trade. The USA, Germany and Holland were the largest mark... Read More