What was the rationale behind the formation of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) in 1975? In short CITES is an international, voluntarily agreement between countries (or parties) the aims of which are to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does... »
The first national park in the World ‑ Yellowstone in the USA ‑ was established in 1872 “for the benefit and enjoyment of the (American) People for all time to come. ” Its primary attractions are its geothermal phenomena and its scenic beauty ‑which are likely to change ONLY with the efflux of huge... »
Tags: Must be 1) permanently attached 2) through a hole. Ear, eye, mouth, nose, bullet holes are okay, but not around the leg above the foot. Tag number must match that on the permit. Permit Expiration: Get a faxed copy of the import permit before exporting. Do not ship an Appendix I species without... »
It is very difficult in a discussion like this to avoid repetition, as all animals are built much alike as far as their interior anatomy goes. Buck will be generally shot in the body unless occasionally in the case of the larger species such as roan, sable, waterbuck; or kudu, but even these ought... »
The killing of wild animals for meat has been described as ‘The Bush Meat Trade’ Up till now it has been associated, by the media, ONLY with the equatorial forest areas of Africa. Few people guessed that the Bush Meat Trade would so readily replace the commercial poaching of rhinos for their horns, and of... »
We are fighting these seizures in court and soon in Congress. It is costing Conservation Force an average of no less than $15,000 in out-of-pocket expenses in each of the cases. With that, the outlook is doubtful and not promising. Of course we have stepped up to the plate because that is what we... »
Towards the end of 2009 whilst I was filming an elephant safari in the Tsholosho communal lands with Matupula Safaris a huge tusker was found dead in the Hwange National Park. The pilot of a light aircraft, which was flying between two of the hunting camps spotted the carcass under some trees about two... »
2009 turned out to be a far better year than anyone expected. The news of the recession has been all doom and gloom, and yet we have had a great years’ hunting! We would say that one of the most exciting things for us has been the fact that we have had so many... »
One day during September 1885, when hunting in company with Cornelis van Rooyen near the Umfuli River, in Mashunaland, I rode out of a belt of forest-covered country into a broad open valley, from half a mile to a thousand yards in breadth, and bounded on the farther side again with a tract of... »
Many people have stated their skepticism about the low returns that I say the poachers receive for their contraband. US $ 30 to US $40 seems, to most educated people, an extraordinary low price for such valuable commodities. But these prices must be seen in their proper perspective. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the... »
