New to the Forum: From India, based in Hungary

[Bhraaz Kashyap]

Sounds good, but how practical this is to implement, is another question. If hunting is reopened in India, there will be an uprising worldwide. In the EU, on the contrary, some are trying to abolish hunting by any means possible.

It may take time, years even. But I know people who have been interested to monetise the culling of conflict animals, so that can be low hanging fruit to begin with.
I doubt India can have widespread trophy hunting like it was back in the 50s and 60s. But a smaller, tightly organised form of it? Maybe.

 

[russ473]

Welcome aboard

 

[VertigoBE]

Sounds good, but how practical this is to implement, is another question. If hunting is reopened in India, there will be an uprising worldwide. In the EU, on the contrary, some are trying to abolish hunting by any means possible.

I do not know if you meant if in the EU people are trying to abolish hunting in the EU, because that I believe will not be for the foreseeable future.

In almost all countries there are is an overpopulation of wild boar, causing all kinds of motor vehicle accidents and destroying fields of crops. Also, African Swine Fever is spreading through these and threaten pig rairing companies and therefore pork production and export. The hunting of wild boar is therefore a necessity. Because of these considerations, it is now a given that wild boar should be hunted, so why not deer and roe, fox and birds.

We now even see the first voices falling on not completely deaf ears to hunt wolf again. So I think that at least for the foreseeable future, hunting in Europe will remain.

 

[mark-hunter]

This twofold approach is the mission. To discuss sustainable use with the govenment and to bring together Indian hunters to an international platform. The ideal outcome is to bridge the gaps among the conservation paradigms or philosophies down the line for a more holistic view on sustainable conservation benefits everybody- the hunters, the locals and the government.

With my local experience at home as a club and national association member holding some positions there, I can tell you straight forward, this is matter of PR, lobbying, and marketing.
One man team, cannot do anything.
And one man team even if member of strong international organization cannot do nothing.

My humble advice is following:
Establish and register NGO organization within your country, to work on this agenda. Without this, nothing.
Make web pages, make facebook pages of this organization, make transparent program with proper PR and scientific narrative to be acceptable for general public.
Work with local politicians, and on positive legislative changes.
You govt already has some culling program, intergate into this for a start.

Sooner or later you will need a solid, reliable legal advice - so legal consultant will have to be a member of organization at some point.
Respectable organization needs office. Renting costs
So, you need to plan for funding.

When I went for google search about (International) Indian hunting community, post hunting ban era of 1970-ties, my search result was zero.
This means, who ever is hunting internationally in India (if any at all), they dont make it public. And there is no any type of organization. It must be an individual activity.

I dont think, you can not register some organization which is promoting international legal sporting or conservation activity. (IF LGBT organizations can exist there, so your organization can do as well, if established) So, go in that direction.
Apart from CIC, there is also to consider opening SCI chapter India, but it is not so simple due to SCI requirements for chapter membership and establishment.
All in all, consider this as lifetime assignment, with non guaranteed result, but worthy of effort.
My personal view, establishing CIC system in non hunting country without any local or national organization, is nearly impossible task. So first thing is to start organization on local level.

Good luck

 

[mark-hunter]

If hunting is reopened in India, there will be an uprising worldwide. In the EU, on the contrary, some are trying to abolish hunting by any means possible.

India has already culling programs on Nilgai and boar, and world never complained.

In the EU, for hunters are following biggest challenges:
- difficult and strict gun laws
- lack of interest of young generation to join hunting community, so our numbers drop.
- Animal right groups are making strong public voice, which in PR battle sometimes is stronger then formal national hunting organizations. So, hunting PR is poor.

Good thing:
All European countries, have hunting as tradition and cultural heritage. No country considers any hunting ban.
Generally speaking, EU countries have no problem of species extinction, reintroduction of some is in place, with national hunting organizations making integral part of this effort. This makes impossible for any political agenda to push for hunting bans. But they are making issues on various trophy import bans, on pressure from various green LGO's, bla bla... we know this part.