It is with enthusiasm, and awareness of the importance of the challenges we will face, that the Belgian Delegation welcomes you to Brussels for the 63rd General Assembly.READ MORE
TROPHY HUNTING IN NAMIBIA: A CASE OF AN UNETHICAL IMAGE THAT IS UNJUSTIFIED?
Tom McNamara, Irena Descubes and Cyrlene Claasen
Technical Report – The ESC Rennes School of Business January 13, 2016
The purpose of this paper is to examine the discourse of organized trophy hunting providers, mostly operating in Namibia. READ MORE
After a weeklong manhunt and house-to-house searches in villages surrounding the Maswa Game Reserve near the Serengeti in Northern Tanzania, nine people were arrested in connection with the death of helicopter pilot Roger Gower. The country’s National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit teamed up with police and local authorities to find the killers. READ MORE
Transforming devastated habitat through sustainable and ethical hunting in Mozambique
Hunting and conservation are words often described in the media as an oxymoron. Many articles circulating around the world describe the activities of legal hunters and then launch into the devastation to wildlife caused by poachers. READ MORE
African Elephant Range States
Since February 2014 an Africa-wide elephant census sponsored by Microsoft billionaire Paul G. Allan is under way. 90 researchers made aerial surveys in 18 elephant range countries. Field work is nearly complete and results will be available soon. According to National Geographic the preliminary findings so far have revealed good and bad news for African elephants. READ MORE
This sixth edition of Game Ranch Management is a hot-off the press handbook for the management of wildlife ranches in Southern Africa. The 1,012 pages have been edited by J du P Bothma, professor emeritus and former director of the Center for Wildlife Management of the University of Pretoria and by wildlife veterinarian Dr J G du Toit. READ MORE
Rolf Baldus (RDB) interviews Ludo Wurfbain (LW), CEO of Safari Press & Sports Afield, USA. Ludo Wurfbain established Safari Press in California in 1985. Since then he has produced more than 260 titles with over one million hunting books in print. In 2002 Sports Afield magazine was added to the group. READ MORE
Hunting opponents continuously spread the myth that sustainable conservation hunting in Africa is driving the African lion towards extermination. This vociferous campaign in the media and internet frequently operates with incorrect numbers and reports. READ MORE
Kai-Uwe and Hagen Denker presented an interesting paper at the November 2016 AGM of the Namibia Professional Hunters Association (NAPHA): Kudu population dynamics with special reference to the periodic outbreak of rabies amongst greater kudu in central Namibia.READ MORE
Klaserie Private Nature Reserve and the Southern African Wildlife College have a close working relationship. The SAWC’s Bathawk regularly flies rhino monitoring patrols for the Klaserie. To pay for this service, the Klaserie PNR donates to the SAWC, a buffalo hunt which this department then sells on for best advantage.READ MORE