Tag: wildlife
No Pride in Prejudice – Continued, Concocted Cecil the Lion Claims
What’s the difference between African lions and the anti-hunting media? The former spends most of its time lying in repose, whereas the latter spends most of its time lying in its prose. ... Read More
Citizen Hunter: The Story of SA Hunters
From its humble beginnings in 1949, when 50 hunters met in a coffee shop in the Pretoria Zoo when there seemed no hope for the future of wildlife in South Africa, SA Hunters and Game Conservation Asso... Read More
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
The Humane Society is notorious for its “surveys” about public sentiment around hunting. A 2017 poll, they claim, shows deep and widespread opposition to trophy hunting (suspiciously that pag... Read More
Masses of Murders
How ironic that one of the most invasive species on the planet, the house crow, Corvus splendens, is inextricably dependent on the presence of another of the world’s most impactful – human... Read More
Sustainable Sanctuaries – America’s National Wildlife Refuges
A refuge is a place that provides shelter, solace, relief, or protection from persecution—a stronghold. Taking refuge in the human context means trying to protect yourself from unhappiness or unplea... Read More
Tit for Tat-A Kitty Funded By Captive Cats
On 5 July 2022, Jens Ulrik Hogh of the Nordic Safari Club debated with Will Travers, of the Born Free Foundation, on Sky News. Anti-hunting debaters typically claim that hunting isn... Read More
Wilderness as a Form of Landuse.
In the March 1966 edition of African Wildlife (The official magazine of the Wildlife Protection and Conservation Society of South Africa), John Pringle writes about the concept of wilderness areas bei... Read More
Maintaining Biodiversity — Who Will Pay the Price?
On a weekly, sometimes even daily basis, the news and social media are full of gloom and doom stories forecasting the sixth mass extinction, increasing biodiversity losses, and accelerating land conve... Read More