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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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In much of the world, wildlife conservation doesn't just depend on a passion for the animals; it must also be economically viable. Trophy hunting is one way to accomplish this. Trophy hunting operations in Sub-Saharan Africa generate funds for anti-poaching efforts and bring critical income to local communities. Trophy hunting has proven to be a highly effective conservation tool by converting wildlife from liabilities that impede rural occupations such as farming and rearing livestock, into assets to be protected. Property & Environment Research Center (PERC)'s latest video in our ‘Markets for Conservation’ series showcases the shining example of Coutada 11, a trophy-hunting success story. ... See MoreSee Less

5 days ago

Hunting for Wildlife Recovery

In much of the world, wildlife conservation doesn't just depend on a passion for the animals, but must also be economically viable. Trophy hunting is one way...

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If a litter of cheetah cubs were born 20 months ago, they would now be able to hunt small prey on their own and would be starting to leave their mother. Eight Iranian conservationists are detained for the same time for using camera traps to monitor wildlife. Success in achieving positive results in the conservation of the Asiatic cheetah and the Persian leopards not only in Iran but also regionally hinges on the continued contributions and effective conservation work of our colleagues in jail. Learn about the work of the eight conservationists at 👉🏼 http://bit.ly/2mHasBM
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Tony Weaver states in a Daily Maverick article that Botswana’s 2014 ban on hunting has had a devastating effect on rural communities living daily with human-wildlife conflict. It led to a collapse of more than 40% of micro-GDP. Regulated hunting in Botswana is an African perspective that should not be drowned out by social media keyboard warriors who have no real-world experience of sharing their daily lives with wild animals. Read the full article here.
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1 week ago

OPINIONISTA: Man Friday: Hunting and rural conservancies — not quite the end of the game

Botswana’s 2014 ban on hunting has had a devastating effect on rural communities living daily with human-wildlife conflict, with a collapse in some of more than 40% of micro-GDP.

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Through social media, protectionist NGOs are flourishing. Anti-hunting groups broadly refuse—or refute—scientific research and often ignore socio-economic factors while collecting millions in donations and saddling range states and rural communities with high conservation costs. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Read the full article 👉🏼http://bit.ly/2MadUh7
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2 weeks ago

Protectionist NGOs Obstruct Real Conservation–And the Dunning-Kruger Effect keeps them in power

Through social media, protectionist NGOs are flourishing. Anti-hunting groups broadly refuse—or refute—scientific research and often ignore socio-economic factors while collecting millions in dona...

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We’re excited to release our newest quarterly e-magazine! We’ve got all sorts of great articles in this edition to keep you updated on everything hunting and conservation. Have a read.
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We’ve got exciting news: We’ll release our quarterly e-magazine tomorrow, with all sorts of informative new articles! We’ve spent a lot of time putting this together and we can’t wait to share it with you. Check back here in the morning to get the link! In the meantime, get comfy like these lions and enjoy your day. #ConservationFirst #Wildlife ... See MoreSee Less

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Silvio Calabi reviews Ross D.E. MacPhee’s book “End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World’s Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals.” For all its intellectual rigor and occasionally academic language, MacPhee’s book was written for lay people. The last chapter shows how the fossils of giant bears, mammoths and saber-toothed cats could point to astonishing future developments. Read the full review here. ... See MoreSee Less

3 weeks ago

Book Review: End Of The Megafauna: The Fate Of The World’s Hugest, Fiercest, And Strangest Animals

Silvio Calabi reviews Ross D.E. MacPhee’s book End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World’s Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals. For all its intellectual rigor and occasionally academic langu...

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The Conservation Frontlines Team selected a range of new scientific, peer-reviewed papers where you can explore the complex issues of global conservation in depth. Take a look at our list where you can see summaries of each paper with links to the originals. ... See MoreSee Less

3 weeks ago

Abstracts of Recently Published Papers on Hunting & Conservation

The Conservation Frontlines Team selected a range of new scientific, peer-reviewed papers. Scan over the abstracts to get an overview. All items have links to the original papers where you can explore...

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Jim Williams gives a tongue-in-cheek review of Robert M Zink’s enjoyable new book “The Three-Minute Outdoorsman Returns.” The book explores questions about wild sheep, dirty kitchens, Passenger Pigeons, dogs, road kill, fish, catch-and-release, water fleas, and more. Read the full book review here 👉🏼https://bit.ly/2ZTQemL ... See MoreSee Less

4 weeks ago

Book Review: The Three-Minute Outdoorsman Returns: From Mammoth On The Menu To The Benefits Of Moose Drool

Jim Williams gives a tongue-in-cheek review of Robert M Zink's enjoyable new book peppered with many facts. The Three-Minute Outdoorsman Returns: From Mammoth on the Menu to the Benefits of Moose Droo...

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What do bulbous-nosed Saiga antelope, big-horned Urial sheep, bizarre-beaked Helmeted Hornbills, Caribbean iguanas, and African vultures all have in common? They are all in grave danger of extinction and suffer from illegal and unsustainable hunting and trade and poisoning. Thankfully, four leading conservation NGOs have joined forces to conduct a large-scale rescue mission. Learn more. #ConservationFirst #Wildlife ... See MoreSee Less

4 weeks ago

New Partnership To Protect Underdog Species From Direct Threats - Four leading NGOs have joined forces through Restore Species to tackle illegal and unsustainable hunting & trade as well as poisoning of animal species worldwide.

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“Stalking squirrels in the woods is the ideal way to introduce the inexperienced to the outdoors and hunting; it’s also an underrated challenge for seasoned hunters. This foundational activity has all the ingredients that make a wise hunter.” Read the full article to get the author’s view on why squirrel hunting is unique. #ConservationFirst #Hunting #Squirrels ... See MoreSee Less

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Remarks on the Opening of Squirrel Season in Virginia - A hunter’s awakenings

Stalking squirrels in the woods is the ideal way to introduce the inexperienced to the outdoors and hunting; it’s also an underrated challenge for seasoned hunters. This foundational activity has al...

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The dentist reportedly paid $59,000 to kill Cecil in 2015. Lion Aid has calculated that a photogenic male Serengeti lion brings Tanzania $890,000 in visitor revenue over five years. A Financial Times columnist estimated the tourism value of a lion at about $179,000. The Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa expert John Campbell writes that perhaps the bottom line of the Cecil episode is that it highlights the difficult trade-offs that conservation, local opinion, tourism and trophy hunting demand of African governments. They must balance local concerns about damage by wildlife with often uncritical Western support for “conservation”—meaning, to the uninformed, protection of all animals everywhere all the time. Governments must also balance the revenue from hunting, which is easy to quantify, against income from general tourism, which is often harder to calculate and spread over a longer time. These dilemmas underscore the need for a little humility from Western critics. Read more at this Council on Foreign Relations article 👉🏼https://on.cfr.org/2ynBbpo ... See MoreSee Less

1 month ago

Wildlife Conservation in Africa, Outrage in the West, and Cecil the Lion

Four years ago, on July 2, 2015, a Minneapolis Dentists killed a well-known Lion, Cecil, in a Zimbabwe trophy hunt with a bow and arrow. Cecil was something of a star in the developed world.

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The majority of conservation scientists support regulated and sustainable hunting (see here: https://bbc.in/2khJcZC) as an indispensable conservation tool. People who reject hunting come from almost every segment of society and they make their point of view on social (and conventional) media. Unfortunately, the millions of hunters are less apt to enter the digital world with their side of the story. Both groups, however, share a common passion—they love wildlife and wild places, although their perspectives differ. South African professional hunter Paul Stones explains the harsh realities of wildlife and people in Africa in his RESPONSE to Christa, a fellow nature-lover from another continent in this must-watch for both sides of the aisle 👉🏼 http://bit.ly/2kJVEl5 ... See MoreSee Less

1 month ago

The Response

Anti-hunters and the hunting community share a common passion... their love of wildlife. However, the anti-hunter views wildlife through the nirvana-like bub...

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The Conservation Frontlines Library provides a wide range of peer-reviewed papers, opinion pieces, media articles, and more on subjects related to wildlife conservation and hunting. Check out this wealth of information is our library sections 👉🏼https://bit.ly/2SNKqbW ... See MoreSee Less

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