Hunting

[nan]

and this one


... ... HERE

[Richprins]

“These are self-promoting nobodies who pay a lot of money to travel the world to kill animals, just for thrills and to hang animal parts on their walls,” she said.

How can you be a "nobody", and afford all this?

[Richprins]

Zim company under fire for lion hunting raffle

Martin Nel Safaris is selling 100 raffle tickets for $1,500 each.


Jean-Jacques Cornish | about an hour ago

JOHANNESBURG – A Zimbabwean safari company has come under fire for running a raffle which gives hunters the chance to kill a lion.

The lion raffle was started by the company that organises hunting tours in Zimbabwe, and the Bubye Valley Conservancy, which is a large wildlife conservation area in the south of the country.

Martin Nel Safaris is selling 100 raffle tickets for $1,500 each.

Hunters get the chance to win an 18-day safari, which includes a full lion trophy hunt plus buffalo, zebras and giraffe.

There's a non-hunting option of a photographic safari, which culminates in a lion being collared for research purposes, and its name being removed from the list of animals that hunters are allowed to kill.

The Lion Conservation Charity LionAid is shocked and appalled, saying the raffle takes the world of lion trophy hunting to a new low.

(Edited by Tamsin Wort)


http://ewn.co.za/2016/01/04/Zim-safari- ... ill-a-lion

[Toko]

Interesting read here:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016 ... servation/

[Toko]

An excellent piece, well researched and looks at the issue from all angles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfYfqqyQ4p4

Safari, Paying To Kill - Four Corners
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They're the big game animals that symbolise Africa - lions, rhinos and elephants. And they're top of the list for the big game hunters with deep pockets who travel to Africa to hunt and kill.

"It's all about the size. The bigger the horns, the bigger the animal, the better it is." Taxidermist

For $22,000, you can shoot a lion, $120,000 will get you a rhinoceros. Some safari hunts even let you choose the size and colour of the animal, right out of a catalogue.

"A lot of hunters are collectors, they've hunted everything, now they want to add something new, something exciting... It's like a dress, no woman likes to wear the same dress for three years. They like to change." Game Breeder

Business is booming.

"It's a huge business. A lot of farmers are leaving cattle-breeding to start breeding game, because it's a buoyant market. It's better than the stock market!" Hunting Guide

Even the taxidermists are doing well thanks to their wealthy clients.

"These guys have massive houses. They build their own showrooms. This (one is for) a Russian client and he bought a new house for his trophies." Taxidermist

Some animals are bred specifically to be hunted.

"In order to satisfy lion hunters' demands, lions are bred like chickens often in legal but deplorable conditions." Reporter

This film takes you on a journey into the auction rooms and animal warehouses where these prized creatures are bought and sold. And into the darker world of illegal hunting where lions are tranquilised or partly domesticated to make them easier to shoot.

Safari Tourism: Paying to Kill, from Canal Plus, presented by Sarah Ferguson

[Richprins]

"It's a huge business. A lot of farmers are leaving cattle-breeding to start breeding game, because it's a buoyant market. It's better than the stock market!" Hunting Guide

Even the taxidermists are doing well thanks to their wealthy clients."

Excellent! Jobs created, land returning to wild state, foreign income generated!

[Toko]

Watch the video and then you'll see what there is to celebrate

[Lisbeth]

10.000 farmers

Horror!!!!

[okie]

Hmmm... Numbers always fascinate me - 10 000 farmers with around 22 million head of game , averaging 2200 head of game per farmer
The total number of sheep in SA is around 21 million .....
More game than sheep ? I doubt it

[Toko]

A long read, but puts the myths of trophy hunting for conservation into perspective

http://conservationaction.co.za/resourc ... -analysis/