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No Trophy Hunting in Botswana and Zambia

Botswana and Zambia, two premier wildlife destinations, recently banned all trophy hunting within a few months of each other. This move heralds a major shift in thinking about how Africa wildlife resources will be managed in the future. Why did they do this? In short: Corruption fueling unsustainable hunting and poaching that threatens species survival. Photographic safari operators, likeWilderness Safaris, have been taking over the premier safari destinations from hunting operations for decades. What is the future of sport hunting in Mozambique and Zimbabwe where the same problems exist?

Africa is home to the largest remaining migrations on earth, the last prides of lion, the gorillas and chimpanzees, and most of the remaining elephant and rhinoceros. All kept safe on the most valuable imitation van cleef pendant wildlife properties on the planet.

Are we adequately protecting priceless wildlife resources? Right now, tourists from around the world coming to Africa to photograph the continent wildlife are the biggest conservationists by far. The operators and establishment owners that attract these tourists by selling the dream of an African photographic safari are the new ambassadors for conservation.

bums in beds is funding millions of square miles of protected areas throughout Africa. Ecotourism adds value to wilderness by creating jobs and teaching people to be proud of their wildlife. We need to do everything possible to make all major safari destinations in Africa accessible and marketable. Travelers must feel safe when they come to Africa. As South Africans we must be proud to have the largest rhino population in the world. Rwanda must be proud of the mountain gorilla. Tanzania proud of the largest lion population anywhere.

Africans are beginning to realize that our wilderness areas are not endless and that what we have left, the Serengeti, Okavango, Congo, Luangwa, Massai Mara, Kruger, Namib are, in fact, global treasures to be proud of. Africa needs things to be proud of in these troubled times.

National Geographic Expeditions "On Safari in Southern Africa By Private Air" in 2012/13. These tourists coming to photograph Africa wildlife are probably the continent biggest conservationists. (Carol Guy)

An elephant scene. "An image copy van cleef arpels necklace from the ODP photosafari that I recently led, on board the Nguni Voyager, Chobe River, Botswana. A small herd of elephants were feeding on on the banks of the river at sunset. The light had got too dark to shoot anything other than silhouettes, so with the use of a flash i managed this picture. "When a superior predator arrived, the dogs refused to go quietly and put up a staunch defence against the thieving hyena" (Stephen Cunliffe)

Elephants enjoying a drink in the Mashatu area (N Tuli, Botswana) as a game drive vehicle moves past in the background. The 1,000 elephants in the area are completely habituated to vehicles and do not run away when approached. They needed to lear that the rumbling of a LandRover did not always mean trouble. Breeding herds are very protective of their new borns, preferring to stay on smaller islands where there are less lions and hyenas. (Steve Boyes)

Lasting memories being created. These National Geographic Expedition guests are surrounded by the Endangered African wild dog or painted hunting dog that usually lives in fear of humans. (Steve Boyes)

African wild dogs are among the most beautiful canids on earth. On this expedition the guests saw these amazing dogs twice in the Okavango Delta, watching them playing together next to the vehicle. A privilege only made possible through habituation. (Steve Boyes)

Bloodied wild dog. Photographed by Edward Peach guide of Ivory Tree Game Lodge, South Africa. "One of the Pilanesberg wild dogs waiting for a response from the rest of the pack after calling them to share the impala that two of them caught." (Edward Peach)

National Geographic Expedition expert and guests photographing a herd of buffalo in Mala Mala along the Sand River (Sabi Sands, South Africa). (Steve Boyes)

Herd of buffalo move past the LandRover and behave as they would if lions were following them. Photographed here making fake vca necklace more buffalo at Mala Mala. (Steve Boyes)

A large pride of lions needs to kill a buffalo or a zebra everyday to sustain itself. The Okavango Delta is the scene of an endless struggle between life and death. (Steve Boyes)

Ray of light. Photographed by guide Marius Coetzee of Oryx Photographic Tours at Leopard Hills, South Africa. (Marius Coetzee)

By the end of 2012, the alarm bells for wildlife war had been ringing for years.

Almost 700 rhino slaughtered in South Africa and Zimbabwe in a year. An estimated 25,000 elephant killed the year before all over Africa. The bushmeat and illegal wildlife trade has boomed in recent years on the continent.

Botswana protected areas raided by poachers on horseback for several years.

Over 20% of the global population of African grey parrots are being harvested from the wild every year. Millions of green pigeons are being smoked as bushmeat in the Congo. Illegal bushmeat is being smuggled by truck out of Tanzania. Rebel armies in central and West Africa feed themselves from the forests and grasslands.

Is it justifiable in this day and age to hunt one of the last big tusker elephants for $100,000? Is it ethical to shoot crocodiles that are over 100 years old and elephants that are nearing 70?

Is it possible to conserve large tracts of land in Africa without hunting adding value to wildlife?Do we need to draw a line between sourcing organic meat for your family and shooting a prize wild animal for a trophy? Most especially do we need to hunt in unfenced wilderness areas where animals roam free or could we restrict hunting to areas managed specifically for this purpose? Prize wildlife is traded at lucrative markets, resulting in increasing trophy sizes on most game farms in South Africa.

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