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The trade of jaguar body parts is growing across Latin America, particularly in Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Peru and Suriname. The main driver is the illegal trade in jaguar teeth for the Chinese market, but Mongabay.com reports that commercialized ayahuasca tourism may be a significant contributor as well. Ayahuasca is a psychoactive brew, made from the ayahuasca vine and chakruna leaves, used for spiritual and physical healing in shamanic ceremonies, but has also become popular among visiting tourists. Jaguar canine pendants, skin bracelets and other products are being sold to tourists under the pretense that they somehow enhance the ayahuasca experience. Read more in January’s Dispatch 👉🏼http://bit.ly/2Ul0cf0 ... See MoreSee Less

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Few things stoke the fires of emotion like the idea of endangered species dying unnecessarily. The African lion, one of the most iconic species on the planet, has become a symbol of conservation worldwide. But while Disney’s The Lion King personalizes an anthropomorphic view of animals in the American psyche, the debate on how best to conserve lions and other threatened species is not always consistent with pop culture notions. Read more in our article. ... See MoreSee Less

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Trophy Hunting and Conservation Science

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Despite the irrational hatred for hunters on social media pages and the rhetorical hyperbole, real conservation deserves a fair understanding of the facts, or as Oscar Wilde said “The truth is rarel...

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Just 28 years ago, California condors were extinct in the wild. Now, says a report in Hakai Magazine, their population in central California exceeds 100; throughout the southwest United States, the total wild population is well over 300 and increasing, thanks in part to efforts to stamp out the threat of lead poisoning. Read more in January’s Dispatch 👉🏼http://bit.ly/2Ul0cf0 ... See MoreSee Less

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Here’s a question for animal rights activists who are opposed on moral grounds to hunting: what do you do when an entire ecosystem is under threat because one species has become dominant, threatening all other species? Read about the question in more detail in our article. #ConservationFirst #Wildlife ... See MoreSee Less

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Morality and conservation: It’s a conundrum, isn’t it?

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If it is morally wrong to shoot a problem elephant, buffalo or lion, then surely it is morally wrong to shoot a problem rabbit, goat or cat? Or trap a problem mouse? Or to stamp on a problem cockroach...

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“The change in right whale presence in Massachusetts Bay . . . is striking,” say researchers. “It’s likely linked to rapid changes in conditions along the Atlantic Coast, especially in the Gulf of Maine, which is warming faster than 99% of the rest of the world’s ocean surface.” Overall, right whale numbers are declining; estimates peg the population at about 400 with only 95 of them females of reproductive age. Read more in January’s Dispatch 👉🏼http://bit.ly/2Ul0cf0 ... See MoreSee Less

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The intent to take life is to discover an element most modern humans are shielded from—our untamed selves. A mountain goat’s death brings life into focus. Read the full story here in our newsletter. #ConservationFirst #Wildlife ... See MoreSee Less

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In Southeast Alaska, a hunter searches for kinship with the wild

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The intent to take life is to discover an element most modern humans are shielded from—our untamed selves. A mountain goat’s death brings life into focus. We watched a wolf, silhouetted against th...

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We’ve got all the latest news and updates about hunting and conservation from around the world in one easy spot for you. Take a look at this month’s Frontline Dispatches to stay informed. #ConservationFirst #Wildlife ... See MoreSee Less

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Current Issue: Frontline Dispatches

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Conservation Frontlines is an editorially independent newsroom with a quarterly E-Magazine and frequent news updates. Our authors present independence of thought and opinion on the subtle morals and e...

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Driving through the communal conservancies in Damaraland, northwest Namibia, is like driving through a desolate moonscape, with huge areas of broken, baking volcanic rock. Here, where drought and rising temperatures threaten people and domestic animals, lions are thriving. Learn more. #ConservationFirst #Wildlife ... See MoreSee Less

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Drought in Damaraland threatens desert-adapted lions but also brings opportunities

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In Damaraland, in Namibia, where drought and rising temperatures threaten people and domestic animals, lions are thriving. Driving through the communal conservancies in Damaraland, in northwestern Nam...

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At the World Mountain Ungulate Conference, high-profile participants from around the world discussed the animals’ distribution, taxonomy, diseases, sustainable use and more. Here’s a brief review of the successful conference. #ConservationFirst #Wildlife ... See MoreSee Less

3 weeks ago

Bozeman, Montana: Report from the 7th World Mountain Ungulate Conference

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A brief review of the successful 7th World Mountain Ungulate Conference. High-profile participants from around the world discussed mountain ungulate distribution, taxonomy, diseases, sustainable use a...

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Rhino poaching gangs appear to have added a new commodity to their illegal wildlife killing lists - wild lion body parts. It's a trend that's emerging among poachers along the Mozambique-South African border in which lions are killed for their teeth and claws. Chinese tourists are reportedly fueling the demand for these items in Kenya. Read the full story here. ... See MoreSee Less

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The United Kingdom is now accepting public input regarding the import and export of hunting trophies to and from the UK. Conservationists, make your voices heard! Rural residents of Africa and Asia, and their communities, are the primary custodians of wildlife and habitat; their voices also must be heard. Governments everywhere need to acknowledge the conservation successes of these communities, and also their right to appropriately and sustainably manage their own natural resources. Please participate in the UK gov’t discussion and urge them to adopt Option Four. Submissions are due by January 25, 2020 👉🏼http://bit.ly/2RHeyWg #ConservationFirst #Wildlife ... See MoreSee Less

4 weeks ago

Call for Evidence on the scale and impacts of the import and export of hunting trophies - Defra - Citizen Space

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The Conservation Frontlines Foundation believes that the trophy-import ban being debated in the UK will have disastrous consequences for wildlife and habitat, especially in southern Africa. To clarify the issue, an analysis, titled “Perfidious Albion—Moves by the United Kingdom to Ban the Import of Hunting Trophies,” has been submitted to DEFRA, the British Dept. for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. The document notes the impacts of hunting on wildlife, habitat conservation and rural communities in southern Africa. The author, Rowan Martin, an expert on these matters, directly challenges the misinformation spread by animal-rights activists who support the import ban. Read the analysis here 👉🏼 http://bit.ly/361JsgZ #ConservationFirst #Wildlife ... See MoreSee Less

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In 2014, Paul Tudor Jones II delivered the second Andrew Carnegie Lecture at the University of Glasgow. Here are extracts, with observations on nature conservation. During a time of controversy about the “correct” conservation approach, his remarks focus on solutions. Take a look. #ConservationFirst #Wildlife ... See MoreSee Less

4 weeks ago

The Business of Conservation

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On 25 November 2014, Paul Tudor Jones II delivered the second Andrew Carnegie Lecture at the University of Glasgow. Here are extracts of his lecture and observations. During a time of overheating cont...

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We’ve got all the latest news and updates about hunting and conservation from around the world in one easy spot for you. Take a look at this month’s Frontline Dispatches to stay informed. #ConservationFirst #Wildlife ... See MoreSee Less

1 month ago

Current Issue: Frontline Dispatches

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Since the 1970s, in exemplary cooperation between practical field work and research-based studies, hunters in Austria have worked closely with their country’s scientific institutions. Learn more about it in our latest article. #ConservationFirst #Wildlife #Austria ... See MoreSee Less

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Hunting and Science in Austria—a Symbiotic Relationship

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Since the 1970s, in an exemplary cooperation between practical field work and research-based studies, hunters in Austria have worked closely with their country’s scientific institutions. Austria is ...