Recent U.S. restrictions on the import of certain hunting trophies have had a negative impact on the common goals of the United States and its African partners. The legal entrenchment and extension of these prohibitions carries the risk that these negative consequences will metastasize over a large area, especially if no economically viable alternative to trophy hunting exists or is proposed. For these reasons, Congress should proceed with a high degree of caution before taking any action that would undermine the ability of America`s African partners to use trophy hunting as part of their conservation and sustainable development programs. Nearly 30 different animal species can be legally hunted and regulated in South Africa. Hunting is a great way to support conservation, diversity, social and economic reform in rural areas and ecotourism. It also supports sustainable hunting, and in South Africa this is strictly regulated by the government, with endangered species requiring the presence of a TOPS permit. Moving surplus rhinos to form new populations and hunting a small number of males have helped promote population growth and range expansion. It was gradually adopted throughout South Africa and neighbouring Namibia, and then extended to black rhinos.
[27] T`Sas-Rolfes, M. 2011. Étude de cas PERC. Accessible to www.perc.org/2011/08/19/saving-african-rhinos-a-market-success-story/ The impact of introducing such barriers and restrictions is well documented. Following the total ban on big game hunting in Kenya in the country, there has been a decline of 72% to 88% of species that are relatively common in countries where hunting is allowed. These include warthog, dwarf kudu, Thomson`s gazelle, eland, oryx, topi, cow antelope, impala, Grevy`s zebra and waterbuck. Many of these declines can be attributed to the conversion of wildlife habitat to livestock use.[41] Such reduced participation risks compromising the economic viability of trophy hunting as a conservation tool at a time when threats to habitat and all species that depend on it are increasing and all available conservation tools should be used. to stop the current trends. This is especially true when there are no economically viable alternatives to trophy hunting on the market. “This annual event is the world`s largest gathering of people celebrating the senseless killing, buying and selling of dead animals for boastful rights,” Kitty Block, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, said in a statement.
“As our planet suffers from an extinction crisis, it`s business as usual for the trophy hunting industry and SCI, which continue to spend millions of dollars each year to destroy endangered wildlife.” Ethiopia and Uganda also hunt exotic species with very limited distributions such as bongo, giant eland and mountain nyala. Here is a list of wild animals that you can legally hunt in South Africa. This list does not include animals imported from other countries. A fact that is too often overlooked is that there is no conservation without capital. Trophy hunting revenues, while contributing relatively little to total GDP, disproportionately affect the budgets of wildlife conservation agencies and parastatals, providing them with a significant portion of their working capital. Trophy hunting is a very popular industry today because it brings more money to the buyer and seller. In this hunt, the person shoots an animal previously selected under the official license of the government. In the case of trophy hunting, the person must choose a lion according to the category of the lion according to its age, body structure and maturity.
Hunting, which is called “trophy hunting” because of the skin, head or animal, is called a “trophy”. The person hunts for pleasure and the body parts of the hunted animal are kept as a souvenir. South Africa has 29 different species of animals in the region for legal and regulated hunting. Hunting African trophy animals increases the value of private animals. First of all, according to the capitalist principle, the owner of goods (trophy animals) will take care of these goods in order to protect his investment. Secondly, the owner will multiply the goods and use these goods sustainably to improve his own position. Africa`s trophy hunting grounds are a mix of public, indigenous and private lands. Many of these countries are remote and are generally considered marginal and submarginal.
Trophy hunting has created a means by which these lands can be used to generate income and other benefits without turning them into agriculture. Such conversions would affect the ability of areas to serve as wildlife habitat for lions and other keystone species. [21] There are many wild animals that can be hunted in Africa. Unlike many other African countries, South Africa has the clear majority of fauna of various species on the African continent. Because of the many conservation methods and criteria implemented by individuals and supported by legislation, hunters benefit from hunting as a conservation tool. “Our trophy room is full,” Amy laughs. “It`s getting ridiculous. And then one of our friends died and so all his trophies are in our garage. I want Craig to stop, but…
(Hunting) is addictive. We don`t have room (for taxidermy). There are three types of trophy hunting. These are African trophy hunting, North American trophy hunting and ranch hunting. Cecil`s famous murder took place as part of the North American trophy hunt. Game auctions offer game farms for hunting. The agreement has encouraged the conservation of 12 million hectares of wildlife habitat in Zimbabwe and has benefited 777,000 households. Trophy hunting accounts for 90% of revenues, which totaled about $11.4 million between 2010 and 2015. Elephant hunting provides 65% of this income, 53% of which comes from American hunters.
[23] To combat elephant deaths in a safe, non-hunting way, groups like Natural Selection – which admit there`s a problem with wildlife-human encounters – have just launched Elephant Express, where minivans that “will be available via the `elephant highways,` to transport children from the Okavango Delta to school and bring patients from the clinic safely to their destination. Benin and Burkina Faso According to Africa Hunting, these West African countries are home to “a dense animal population, including many rare and highly respected species such as the western roan antelope”. West African savannah buffalo are also a rich attraction for hunters, and lion hunting in Benin is popular. A 2016 study published in Conservation Biology also found that if trophy hunting were removed from the uses of nature reserves in Namibia, 84% of them would become financially insolvent. This bankruptcy would threaten an area of habitat five times the size of Yosemite National Park. The same study also found that if photo tourism were abolished as a source of income, 59% of nature reserves would remain economically viable. [40] As the wisest being on earth, man had to take care of wild animals. Wildlife protection is good because it balances natural life cycles. Disrupting the natural process for our own pleasure and money is like destroying our own fleet.
We should welcome the action taken by the governments of Botswana and Kenya to protect wildlife. Lion hunting should not be a game, we should think that they also have their own family and freedom. These revenues have been criticized as insignificant in relation to tourism`s total contribution to GDP and in relation to the amount of land cultivated for trophy hunting. [32] However, these critics ignore the central links.