The Poaching of Dangerous Game

As we have reported here on our blog in the past, poaching is the real threat to dangerous game not managed hunting. One need only visit ourTwitter feed to see the many hundreds of tweets about poaching issues.

The anti-hunters would like the world to believe that managed hunting is the problem. In reality, hunters are conservationists who work to support, through funding dollars and personal involvement, the species that we off-take. Organized poaching and habitat loss are the real problem.

Here is a link to a recent article regarding an elephant poaching event. Most poaching events occur without fanfare or articles being generated in the media. One of our previous articles, The pain of the Poacher’s Snare, is an example of the daily poaching that occurs.

African Lions Should Not Be Listed as Endangered

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a petition from several animal rights groups to place the African lion on the list of endangered species. By law, species are to be placed on that list only when the Fish and Wildlife Service determines that they are currently "in danger of extinction." In an attempt to garner support for the petition, a proponent claimed recently that the lion is "in danger of disappearing in our lifetimes."

Follow the link to read information provided by Melissa Simpson for National Geographic. Melissa is the director of science-based wildlife conservation for the SCIF.