“it was when Cites banned the trade in ivory.” (This was not a ban on trophy hunting.) Unfortunately, many of the Africans involved in conservation, like the delegation that visited Parliament ...
Trophy hunting is the best economic model we have ... Demand for rhino horn, elephant ivory, and lion bones, especially in Asia, has ignited a scourge of poaching. But the issue remains ...
As celebrities and powerful NGOs campaign against trophy hunting, many locals see it as ... the African elephant population was obliterated by the ivory trade in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Even President Trump called elephant trophy hunting a ‘horror show,’ and we’d hope the ... In 2016 the Obama administration implemented a “near ban” on the domestic trade in ivory. Although that ...