Pheroze
AH ambassador
I am not sure what the review is about, but it opened the door to some discussion and lobbying
Look what happened in Kenya when they banned hunting. Hopefully wiser heads will prevail.It is merely WAP prodding the issue in order to drum up donations to their bank account. Like every single bleeding heart foundation their proposals are based on fairy dust and not on facts. Unfortunately the majority of the global population these days live by emotion and feelings and not on fact.
Pressure will be brought to bare on the government and small gains will be made by these idiots. The gains they "win" will be a loss of the environment and wildlife.
There will be nothing to photograph other then goats and cattle. Wild game will be removed to make way for something to generate an income.The one saving grace in South Africa is that the politicians are so corrupt that they will never allow something to be banned if they have their fingers in that pie.
Flip side is that maybe they see a future opportunity to make money out of photographic safaris etc...
The campaign develops further.
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My worst nightmare flight from US to RSA a few years ago when I had to sit next to two of them from JNB area. Man and wife, probably 60-70ish- nasty tempered, anti-hunters. Not only rude and confrontational but smelled like a combination of pot, patchouli oil and foul BO. Such a lovely couple! Some in that group are demonstrably mentally ill! Same here in the US.The UK government as far as I know never went through with the banning of trophy imports...so as usual inaccurate shite spouted.....but there is a big anti hunting movement in SA....remember when they wanted to cull elephant in kruger Park few years ago.....massive adverts taken out in new media telling people about it and saying don't come to SA on holiday.....the culling was shelved.....so who knows how it will go in a few years....the main hunting population there is a minority.....and a big urbanised population.....
Botswana tried going that way, found it didn't work and backed off. There is still hope. Kenya lost 90% of their elephants and 70% of the other big game after they banned safari hunting. Antihunters will never learn, but we can hope that the non hunters will.The one saving grace in South Africa is that the politicians are so corrupt that they will never allow something to be banned if they have their fingers in that pie.
Flip side is that maybe they see a future opportunity to make money out of photographic safaris etc...