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| Gros, P.M.; Caro, T.M. | |
| Hunting as a tool for conserving cheetahs in Namibia? | |
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Trophy hunting was legalized in Namibia in 1992, and now the Republic of Namibia and Safari Club International are petitioning the US Fish and Wildlife Service to down-list the cheetah in order authorize the import of hunted trophies into the US. The petition's rationale is that Namibia's cheetah population is the largest and healthiest in Africa, that it is stable, and that assigning a monetary value to cheetahs through hunting would encourage farmers to conserve the species on their land. How does these claims stand up to scrutiny? |
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