Houston Safari Club Takes On HBO’s ‘Real Sports’
HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” aired a report Nov. 24, 2015, that focused on dwindling numbers of the African elephant. The episode focused needed attention on poaching as a primary cause of the animal’s decline, but in doing so also linked regulated hunting with poaching, confusing viewers who otherwise are ignorant of the issues.
Cameroon Officials Torch 2,000 Poached Elephant Tusks
Burning ceremony of 2,000 elephant tusks and other illegally-traded wildlife products may mark the largest ivory burn in African history.
Kenya Conducts World’s Largest Ivory Burn
How many elephants does it take to create a pyre of ivory in excess of 100 tons? Ask Kenya, which today burned 105 tons of confiscated illegal ivory tusks, ivory products and rhino horns in the capital city of Nairobi in what is said to be the largest ivory burn in world history.
Elephant's Cape Buffalo Attack Caught on Camera
While on vacation in Masai Mara, Kenya, amateur photographer Kim Maurer captured these rare images of a Cape buffalo being gored and heaved into the air by an elephant.
African Experience: Episode 18
Learn what an “own use” elephant permit is, and how this vital conservation tool used by Namibia’s game managers benefits elephants, their habitat and the native people who share that habitat alongside big game.
Botswana Removes Hunting Ban
On May 23, after a five-year ban, the Botswana government officially lifted the country’s indefinite moratorium on hunting put in place by former Botswana President Ian Khama in 2014.
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