Trophy hunting: The row about conservation and colonialism
This Is Why
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
However, not everyone agrees with a blanket ban.
Some conservationists and local community leaders in parts of Africa warn it unintentionally risks reversing their efforts to grow populations of animals including elephants, lions and the critically endangered black rhino.
They also worry bans like this could undermine the livelihoods of people in these rural areas.
On the Sky News Daily, Leah Boleto speaks to Jens Ulrik Høgh, who has hunted in Africa dozens of times, and conservationist Maxi Pia Louis, who talks about what communities in Namibia are doing to protect species and their relationship with hunting groups.
Plus, Leah is joined by wildlife expert Professor Amy Dickman, from the University of Oxford, to discuss what evidence there is that trophy hunting supports conservation – and we hear from Henry Smith, the MP who put forward the import ban which is currently going through the House of Lords.
Annie Joyce – senior podcast producer
Philly Beaumont – editor
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| 1:02.0 | We're going to be talking about hunting and animal trophies in this episode. |
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| 1:11.1 | We go out hunting because we really enjoy hunting. I don't think that any hunter goes out to say, |
| 1:18.1 | I want to help conservation today. But of course, we wouldn't do this unless conservation worked, |
| 1:25.5 | because we need our hunting to be sustainable, |
| 1:29.6 | meaning that we can do the same next year. |
| 1:32.0 | Our children will be able to do the same in the future. |
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