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https://www.mmegi.bw/ampArticle/123245 During a series of questions in Ntlo ya Dikgosi this week, Khama pressed the Minister of Environment and Tourism, Wynter Mmolotsi, to justify the increase in hunting quotas, explain how community benefits are measured and verified, and account for the...

https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/amputated-one-eyed-and-unstoppable-how-a-lion-stunned-scientists-with-new-hunting-tricks_33798/ Amputated, one-eyed and unstoppable: the incredible story of a lion in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, who has beaten odds so impossible that even seasoned...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2026/05/26/a-very-moorish-idyll/ BY CALUM CAMPBELL There is a particular strain of environmentalist for whom the Scottish Highlands represent nothing less than a crime scene. They gaze upon the heather-clad hills and see a “devastated countryside” — a forest felled...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/24/millionaire-game-hunter-trampled-to-death-elephants-gabon/ A wealthy American big game hunter has been trampled to death by elephants while stalking antelope in Central Africa. Ernie Dosio, 75, was killed in Gabon’s Lopé-Okanda forest, the...

https://theconversation.com/should-wildlife-parks-be-fenced-we-studied-60-african-examples-for-an-answer-279026 Fences are among conservation’s most controversial interventions. To some, they are essential for conserving wildlife, minimising encroachment, and preventing the type of conflict...

https://dailynews.gov.bw/news-detail/90546 Government has introduced an experimental spatial lion hunting quota as part of efforts to address the growing human-lion conflict in Botswana. The experimental hunting quota, which allocates nine lions across the country, forms part of broader...

https://theconversation.com/crocodiles-can-have-extra-growth-cycles-in-a-year-why-this-matters-for-estimating-the-age-of-dinosaurs-276077 In biology and palaeontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal’s skeleton. One is the extent of fusion...

https://www.news24.com/business/climate-future/environment/pmsa-trophy-hunting-export-quotas-revived-after-four-year-freeze-20260206-0926 Environment Minister Willie Aucamp has finally published proposed export quotas for elephant, black rhino, and leopard hunting trophies, a move wildlife...

A ton of social media hacks to score airline business class upgrades can't be wrong? Or can they? It’s not just the lounge, the seat or the cushy service that comes with it. Travelling business class, particularly on an international flight, is something to behold. It is also the most awkward...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2026/01/21/a-letter-from-america/ A Letter from America BY JOHN NASH Last week, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum fired a polite paper dart at UK Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds (our Minister in charge of UK Rural Affairs, who unfortunately doesn’t understand...

https://theconversation.com/arrow-tips-found-in-south-africa-are-the-oldest-evidence-of-poison-use-in-hunting-271444 The oldest evidence for the use of arrow poison globally was long thought to come from Egypt, dating to 4,000 years ago. It was a black, toxic residue on bone arrowheads from a...

Hunts Will Switch From WMUs To Deer Herd Ranges For Better Deer Management https://www.gohunt.com/browse/news-and-updates/hunting-news/oregon-changes-structure-of-deer-hunts-beginning-in-2026 Last month, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted new regulations when it comes to big game...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2025/07/04/eco-charlatans-festival-of-flatulence/ BY JOHN NASH A small queef of excitement has crept into the Westminster Asylum, that island reserve where the rare creatures of Homo politicus vulgaris live in splendid and well-appointed isolation. A sub-species...

https://centralnews.co.za/minister-george-announces-decision-not-to-set-2024-2025-cites-export-quotas-for-african-elephant-black-rhinoceros-and-leopard-hunting-trophies/ Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dr Dion George has announced his decision not to set the 2024-2025...

The Eagle Huntress: New Generations of Eagle Huntresses in Kazakhstan and Mongolia – Part II https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/eagle-huntress-new-generations-eagle-huntresses-kazakhstan-and-mongolia-020798 Nomad Women Have Hunted with Eagles since Antiquity The ancient...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/31/hunting-personal-essay "Murderer! You’re a murderer!” That is what my French mother shouts down the phone line – right after I tell her I had grouse for dinner. “Grouse?” she gasps. “Yes,” I say, using my nonchalant voice. “We...

https://dailyinvestor.com/south-africa/94363/south-africas-secret-r44-billion-weapon/ South Africa’s hunting tourism sector is an often overlooked powerhouse of economic activity, contributing about R44.03 billion and 95,000 jobs to the country’s economy. A recent study by North-West...

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/eagle-huntress-ancient-traditions-and-evidence-women-eagle-hunters-part-i-020797 Evidence that Nomad Women Hunted with Eagles since Antiquity "A fast horse and a soaring eagle are the wings of a nomad." --Kazakh proverb Falconry...

https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2025/Nearly-20-000-live-animals-seized-365-suspects-arrested-in-largest-ever-wildlife-and-forestry-operation 138 countries and regions join forces to target fauna and flora trafficking worldwide LYON, France – Nearly 20,000 live animals, all...

https://theconversation.com/discovery-in-south-africa-holds-oldest-evidence-of-mixing-ingredients-to-make-arrow-poison-247250 In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified antelope and was found to be 7,000 years old...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2025/01/17/the-economic-and-environmental-benefits-of-grouse-shooting-in-the-uk/ BY CHARLES HOFFMAN Grouse shooting is a time-honoured tradition in the UK, deeply rooted in the cultural and historical fabric of rural Britain. Beyond its heritage value, grouse...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2024/11/04/you-have-been-verwoerd/ It is that time of year, when poisonous mushrooms suddenly re-erupt all over the place without warning and this year many are, as in the past, infected by a particularly stubborn pathogen. Despite dying instantly when exposed to...

https://theasc.com/articles/most-dangerous-game Hunting The Most Dangerous Game Looking back on the creative — yet budget-conscious — production of this influential Pre Code 1932 thriller, which has been remade numerous times since. George E. Turner An enormous Gothic door fills the opening...

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-09-25-malawi-man-killed-by-hyenas-heralds-new-horror-in-human-elephant-conflict-zone/ By Ed Stoddard The killing of a Malawian man by hyenas near Kasungu National Park, in an area that has become a flashpoint of human/wildlife conflict since a...

LOLIONDO, Tanzania — Whistleblowers speaking to Mongabay have reported instances of poaching over decades in Tanzania linked to a luxury hunting firm catering to the United Arab Emirates’ elites and royals. The insiders are from Ortello — sometimes spelled Otterlo — Business Corporation (OBC)...

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2024-08-19-trophy-hunting-we-need-alternative-plans-not-bans/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=first_thing&mle=MEdjczVNYUpZeFBuZmN2SkdvQUJXSnRtZlN3bHRqaE1aTDlQQUVkcExsaXJQTHQxcFZsNCt5YUJwMENldHpmM05WQ2VHQTRHWStwU2ZYcG40UVprUEQ0YjFOVzV3R...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2024/04/11/european-colonialism-is-back-as-animal-rights/ BY JOHN NASH This week, I have been remembering a silly school joke: Apart from hailing from a time, long ago, before PC’s went PC, when British policemen were helpful, respectful and sane, I hope the joke...

On August 12, 2012, the inaugural World Elephant Day was launched. The elephant is loved, revered, and respected by people and cultures around the world.

https://theconversation.com/false-stereotypes-mean-endangered-animals-are-being-protected-in-the-wrong-places-234023 Giant panda reclining in cloudy hills eating bamboo, European bison picking their way through gloomy and lichen-draped forests, and Cape mountain zebra roaming arid mountains...

https://www.namibian.com.na/namibia-to-lose-n260m-over-uks-anti-trophy-hunting-bill/ Namibia stands to lose more than N$260 million annually in potential revenue from the hunting industry due to the decision by the United Kingdom’s ruling Labour Party to implement an anti-trophy hunting bill...

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/scientists-call-for-halt-to-elephant-hunting-along-kenya-tanzania-border-4674042#google_vignette A group of international scientists said Thursday that the hunting of elephants along the Kenya-Tanzania border for their tusks should be...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202405290564.html When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the scientists observing him. The animal chewed the leaves of a liana vine - a plant not...

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/zimbabwe-look-east-trophy-hunting-export-markets-2024-05-28/ LIVINGSTONE, Zambia, May 28 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean wildlife authorities are eyeing trophy hunting export markets in the East as some European countries move to ban trophy imports, an...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202406040552.html Livingstone — Environment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta has come out strongly against CITES' decision to ban ivory from being sold on international markets. In an interview with New Era on the sidelines of the just-ended KAZA summit in...

https://theconversation.com/our-laser-technique-can-tell-apart-elephant-and-mammoth-ivory-heres-how-it-may-disrupt-the-ivory-trade-228636 In recent years, the global trade in elephant ivory has faced significant restrictions in an effort to protect dwindling elephant populations. Many countries...

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2024/01/12/stirrer-fry/ Fur Stirrer Fry BY JOHN NASH Being an Old Testament bloke, I usually reply in kind to those rude people who call law-abiding farmers, hunters, field-sportspeople and wildlife managers “murderers, killers and evil monsters”. I insult people...

https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/africa/kenya-scrap-visas-all-visitors-president-says-756726 The tourism industry plays a vital role in Kenya's economy, offering beach holidays along its Indian Ocean coastline and wildlife safaris inland. Visitors to Kenya from across the world will no longer...

https://www.newzimbabwe.com/rural-council-ceo-up-for-dodgy-us900k-safari-hunting-deals/ NYAMINYAMI Rural District Council (NRDC), chief executive officer, Cletus Gwabva Matingwina, who was arrested on allegations of criminal abuse of duty, appeared in court last week over the dubious awarding...

Sossusvlei Namibia taken by S. Levi Kalahari South Africa

https://cites.org/eng/news/sg/ecites-transforming-global-wildlife-trade-management We have all witnessed how rapidly digitalization has progressed in recent years and I am excited to share with you how CITES is embracing the digital age. Major progress has been made by Parties, the...

https://www.news24.com/fin24/climate_future/solutions/how-dung-paper-is-helping-elephant-conservation-in-kenya-20230911 Since 2014, Kenya's elephant population has almost doubled, with poaching incidences declining. A community-owned project that makes paper out of elephant dung is also...