GPS-collared lion lured from Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and killed despite being part of critical Oxford University conservation study WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Center for a Humane Economy today condemned the killing of Blondie, a five-year-old African lion lured out of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and killed by a trophy hunter reportedly from Ashland, Ohio. … Read more
Tourism Without Trophy Hunting
New campaign will create safe haven for elephants in Angola, promoting ecotourism over trophy hunting Washington, D.C. — The Center for a Humane Economy announced a groundbreaking initiative in southern Africa for African elephants — in this case, working to facilitate migration of elephants from Botswana to Angola. The organizations have partnered with the Botswana-based … Read more
You can listen to this article here: When Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer shot a male African lion after luring him out of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe — whom researchers had named Cecil — there was a worldwide furor. Within weeks, nearly all major airlines servicing Africa announced they would stop shipping trophies from the … Read more
Washington, DC – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is embracing the discredited and unethical practice of trophy hunting of threatened and endangered species in its latest proposed rulemaking on elephant conservation, according to the Animal Wellness Action (AWA) and the Center for a Humane Economy (CHE). The groups are calling on the agency to bar any … Read more
Last Week’s Leaked Video of NRA Leader Shooting Elephant Shows Peril for Wildlife in Southern Africa The video released last week by The New Yorker of a hunting gambit by National Rifle Association (NRA) chief Wayne LaPierre reminds us why Botswana and South Africa have a duty to close their doors to foreign trophy hunters who … Read more
Recommends End of Trophy Hunting of Captive Lions, Ban on Commercial Trade in Their Parts, and Prohibiting Commercial Cub Petting Operations Washington, D.C. — Calling for “the ending of certain inhumane and irresponsible practices that greatly harm the reputation of South Africa and the position of South Africa as a leader in conservation,” the nation’s … Read more
Under President Mokgweetsi Masisi, Botswana has backtracked on its 2014 national wildlife protection policy, and on April 6th the southern African nation will do lasting damage to its reputation by allowing trophy hunters to tromp on its lands and take aim at African elephants and all manner of other wildlife there. In fact, hunters there … Read more
Botswana is hurtling toward a dreadful and dangerous back-tracking on its national wildlife protection policy. The country’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, is considering the idea of repealing or weakening the southern African nation’s landmark and foresighted 2014 policy of forbidding the killing of wildlife, including by foreign trophy hunters. The country’s leaders, who are undoubtedly motivated … Read more