Namibia: Uproar Over Elephant Killing
The killing of an alpha elephant bull at Omatjete last week has been highly criticised by Namibian conservation and tourism groups. The elephant, named 'Voortrekker' of the rare Ugab desert-adapted
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Range contractions of the world's large carnivores
<p>The majority of the world's terrestrial large carnivores have undergone substantial range contractions and many of these species are currently threatened with extinction. However, there has been
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Assessing Africa-wide Pangolin exploitation by scaling local data
<p>Overexploitation is one of the main pressures driving wildlife closer to extinction, yet broad-scale data to evaluate species’ declines are limited. Using African pangolins (Family: Pholidota)
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Trophy hunting generates millions, says environment ministry
Windhoek-The Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has revealed that conservancies on average generate about N$100 million a year through trophy hunting. MET spokesperson Romeo Muyunda recently
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Will SA's estimated 7 000 canned lions all end up this way?
Cape Town - The issue of canned lion hunting has never received as much attention than before the death of Cecil the lion or the controversial SA based-documentary Blood Lions. And while many strides
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Minister’s wildlife plans a jumbo worry
Many conservationists are becoming increasingly alarmed about a spate of controversial proposals by Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa they feel could jeopardise attempts to conserve the Big Five
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More charges against Cecil hunter
The State has laid a further charge against former professional hunter Theo Bronkhorst, in connection 'Cecil the lion's death. Harare – The state has laid a further charge against former professional
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Trophy hunters overstate contribution of big game hunting to African economies: Report
A new report released by the Humane Society International finds that trophy hunters are “grossly” overstating the economic benefits of big game hunting in Africa. Trophy hunters overstate contribution
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‘Tigers are our brothers’: Understanding human-nature relations in the Mishmi Hills, Northeast India
<p>Human-nature relations are diverse, multifaceted and often contradictory, especially the relationships with animals. Mishmi people living on the Sino-India border claim tigers to be their brothers and
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Scarcity, alterity and value: Decline of the pangolin, the world's most trafficked mammal
<p>The pangolin, now recognised as the world’s most trafficked mammal, is currently undergoing population collapse across South and Southeast Asia, primarily because of the medicinal value attributed
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Large scale anthropogenic reduction of forest cover in last glacial maximum Europe
<p>Reconstructions of the vegetation of Europe during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) are an enigma. Pollen-based analyses have suggested that Europe was largely covered by steppe and tundra, and forests