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Dear Fellow Hunters, My sponsorship of the AH Forum has come to a close today as SSI expands and I will no longer be able to dedicate the time needed to be effective on this forum. I want to thank Jerome for giving us the opportunity to be a part of this great hunting community which is truly...

DSC Names Capstick Hunting Heritage Award Recipient DSC has selected Khalil Karimov of the Republic of Tajikistan to receive the 2018 Peter Hathaway Capstick Hunting Heritage Award. DSC will present Karimov with this honor at its Convention and Expo, Legacy, at Saturday evening’s banquet, Jan...

I am going to jump in at the deep end and say that if world society carries on the way it is going at the moment, it is going to cause the extinction of the African elephant before the end of the current century. And the poachers are not the ones who are going to kill the species off. The...

This an eleventh-hour appeal for common sense to prevail in the ongoing and controversial international debate surrounding what management strategy is deemed best for the African elephant. Just as the Christian bible or the Islamic Qur’an cannot be written on the back of a postage stamp...

PRESS RELEASE Bonn, 18 October 2017 - Two influential UN-related wildlife bodies are proposing to join forces on a new initiative to halt the serious decline of Africa’s great carnivores. The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...

See part one: Elephant & Black Rhino Management In Conflict (2017) PART 1: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/elephant-black-rhino-management-in-conflict-2017-part-1.40554/ The Black Rhinoceros Now let’s have a look at the black rhinoceros which, after the elephant, is next in line in the...

The African Elephant The two most iconic big game animals in Africa are the elephant and the black rhinoceros but under all the non-intervention elephant management programmes that have been imposed on Africa since 1989 – ostensibly to ‘save’ the elephant from an imagined threat of extinction...

Opinions on the domestic rhino horn trade legalization in South Africa continue to make headlines as legal auctions commence. The breeder with the largest number of rhinos, John Hume, legally obtained permits to hold the first online horn auction in late August. As the auction open date...

In 2016, 101.6 million Americans age 16 and older enjoyed some form of fishing, hunting or wildlife-associated recreation. That’s 40 percent of the U.S. population. The economic contribution of those activities was $156.3 billion. That’s 1 percent of GDP. In other words, one out of every 100...

Know the Facts and Speak Out BY RICHARD T. CHEATHAM, DSC FOUNDATION PRESIDENT This article is featured in the Spring 2017 issue of Game Trails, our quarterly publication for DSC members. Hunting, as an essential element of a well-managed wildlife management plan, works. It protects...

This is a great watch !!!!!!!!! This was posted on PHASA facebook page.... https://build.aol.com/video/59b2ef63c214e330611215e7/

“Well-regulated hunting can provide crucial funds for conservation, especially in areas seldom visited by tourists. However, sustainable harvest management requires knowledge about populations and habitat.” – Camille Warbington. University of Alberta. The sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) is often...

Few species are as iconic as the African elephant, the world’s largest terrestrial mammal. With long lifespans, high intelligence, and complex social structures, elephants evoke powerful emotions in people. Long pursued for their ivory, elephants have been increasingly exploited in recent years...

Economic Contributions of Hunting-Related Tourism in Eastern and Southern Africa SCI Foundation has commissioned a report, produced by Southwick Associates, on the economic contribution of hunting in Sub-Saharan Africa. This report investigates the extent of hunters’ annual spending and the...

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke recently illustrated his commitment to preserving hunting heritage for generations to come. He declared his pursuit of expanding access to hunting and fishing as one of his top priorities. By increasing opportunities for families to enjoy public waters...

After an exhaustive search from a qualified pool of applicants, the search committee recommended Corey Mason for the position of Executive Director of DSC. On August 9, the DSC Board of Directors approved the recommendation, and Mason has accepted the offer. A Certified Wildlife Biologist®...

Is the sustainable use of wildlife sustainable? Conservationists at The Wildlife Society’s annual conference last week in Raleigh, NC agreed with a resounding yes. But how resilient is hunting to shifting demographics and negative public opinion? The take home message: as media reaction...

NAPHA Press Release – Lion Hunt Campaign NAPHA recently released their statement on the hunting of lions. “It is rather a shame that the Namibian public, by choice, would preferably support one animal instead of its National Policy in encouraging balanced land use for ALL Namibians.” Full...

As legalizing the domestic rhino horn trade advances in South Africa, rumors and false reports are clouding the facts of this difficult issue, causing much frustration for those who believe a legal trade will save the rhinos. To combat the rumors and false reports, the Environmental Affairs...

PRESS RELEASE HUNTING AND SAFARI SECTOR TO SPEARHEAD LEOPARD RESEARCH IN SA A research project aimed at addressing the lack of scientific data currently available on the status of leopards (and other selective predator species) in South Africa is being launched by the country’s private hunting...

Rosella and I are attending the NRA Convention..... will be at meeting for the next three days. Hope to have time for the Convention.....

Conservation Force and Partners Demonstrate the Leopard Should Not Be Up-Listed, but Should Be De-Listed in the SADC Countries Conservation Force and Partners Demonstrate the Leopard Should Not Be Up-Listed, but Should Be De-Listed in the SADC Countries Written By John J. Jackson III...

Parliament - According to the Department of Environmental Affairs, the time has come to sell rhino horn. Speaking in a Parliamentary portfolio committee on Tuesday, Minister Edna Molewa said there had been a moritorium on rhino horn sales since 2009 because the depatment needed to "clear its...

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Exclusive: Leaked documents indicate that the European Union is now preparing a full ban of raw ivory Three tons of seized illegal ivory was destroyed in Paris in 2014. The EU is set to ban raw ivory exports from 1 July as it struggles to deal with what was almost certainly another record...

Thoughts? The breeding of wildlife to produce unusually coloured animals, in the hope that hunters would pay a lot more to shoot them, has fallen flat in a spectacular manner — with the practice being widely condemned. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. The old adage has...

More than a year after public outrage over the illegal hunting of Cecil the Lion, a study has emerged claiming trophy hunting is beneficial to the conservation of lions in Tanzania. In what could be a controversial study, the researchers from the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of...

Cape Town - The Minister of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), Edna Molewa, has been tight-lipped about rhino poaching statistics for 2016, amid claims of rhino horn trafficking within her own government. Minister of State Security, David Mahlobo, who runs the country’s intelligence...

Hats off for these guys!

Cape Town - Rhino poaching numbers has dropped in the last two years. Latest figures show that 363 rhino were poached in South Africa from January to April 2016, 41 down from 404 in the same period last year. Drastic reaction to the obliteration of SA's rhino has slowed down the killing, as it...

Cape Town - Imagine getting close to a rhino, pressing your ear against its thick, rough skin to hear its heartbeat, and feeling its breath on your skin. It’s a rare privilege to be able to touch and appreciate this defenseless, endangered herbivore. And, in aid of keeping the iconic species...

September 28th 2016 will be remembered by many delegates attending CITES COP17 as a bitter-sweet day for pangolins – an ancient species that has earned the unfortunate label of ‘the most trafficked mammal we have never heard of.’ After months of vociferous lobbying, conservationists succeeded...

Cape Town - South Africa’s proposal to transfer the Cape Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra zebra) from Appendix I to Appendix II has been adopted at the 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) currently underway...

In 2013, the Dallas Safari Club worked with Namibian wildlife officials to auction a hunt of a black rhino, the most endangered of the rhino species. They expected to raise as much as $1 million from the auction with 100 percent of the proceeds going to rhino conservation efforts. Moreover, the...

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Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian friends and clients..... Have a blessed day...

This is all such a tragedy! And Eugene has hit the nail on the head. Remarks by IWMC’s President at the Closing Ceremony of CITES CoP17 Madam Chair, Please allow me to associate myself with previous speakers in congratulating all those having contributed to the organization of CITES CoP17...

Happy Friday!!!!! FedEx just delivered the first import permit for our client who hunted in South Africa.....

Good news No hunting ban in NJ !!!!!! http://www.archerywire.com/releases/384022/

USFWL's response to FOIA request by AntiHunting Organization--Too much work for USFWL to reply to the request themselves so they are putting the burden on us through an OPT OUT requirement. LOOK FOR the posting by USFW on the Federal Register for the link to follow instructions to OPT OUT. Here...

A must read ..... http://www.wideopenspaces.com/iucn-paper-released-on-trophy-hunting/

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The Trump campaign has pledged to nominate a hunter to lead the Fish and Wildlife Service, aggressively fight lawsuits by anti-hunting groups, make wildlife habitat more productive, and control predators like wolves that prey on game species like elk. Most notably, Trump in January broke from...

I sent this to our (SSI) attorneys. They are on it and watching it very close.. https://www.cga.ct.gov/2016/TOB/s/2016SB-00227-R00-SB.htm

http://www.prnewswire.com/news...s-law-300236588.html African Elephants Move One Step Closer to Endangered Listing under US Law Fish and Wildlife Service responds positively to petition from animal protection groups to up-list African elephants from 'Threatened' to 'Endangered'; long process...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/…/160228-wildlife-traff…/ Mining Director Busted for Elephant Poisonings In this week’s crime blotter, getting to the bottom of gruesome elephant killings in Zimbabwe. ENLARGE Elephants cross the road in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, where more than 300...

Trump Reaches Out to Outdoor Enthusiasts SHOT Show has long been an event where like-minded hunting and firearm enthusiasts come together to conduct business and celebrate the outdoor lifestyle. And Realtree has been in attendance for many years. Well, this year, the Trump family attended the...