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.
