“High-Level Panel Report on Lions, Rhinos, Elephants & Leopards” recommends turnabout in national wildlife policy JOHANNESBURG, South Africa––A South African government wildlife policy study recommends an end to breeding captive lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots of captive-bred and raised lions, and exports of lion bones for use in traditional Chinese medicine. The paper also […]
Botswana, please rethink resuming hunting! by Sebastian Mwanza
Ian Khama, former president of Botswana, resigns from ruling party when successor undoes ban on trophy hunting Editor’s note: Outraged and disappointed that his handpicked successor Mokgweetsi Masisi had ended a five-year-old ban on trophy hunting, Ian Khama, president of Botswana from 2008 to 2018, on May 25, 2019 resigned from the Botswana Democratic Party […]