RHINO, ELEPHANT & LION CONSERVATION ISSUES

NHSA unashamedly supports and works for, the responsible implementation of a conservation-based sustainable international trade in Rhino horn and in Elephant ivory.  NHSA also supports and works for the conservation of lions through responsible sustainable and legal hunting of lions on game ranches so as to protect the dwindling number of this high-value species in the wild.

This page, therefore, contains relevant information and links related to the ongoing national and international debate on this highly controversial issue.

The irrefutable proof of the real contribution sustainable use makes to the conservation of species is contained in:  Why sustainable use (hunting) makes a larger contribution to conservation than pure eco-tourism

The reader can form his/her own opinion on these issues, based on the documentation provided below; which, however, does not include emotional, inappropriate, and/or irresponsible green activist points of view.

RHINO

Official DEA report 2014:  The Viability of Legalising Trade in Rhino Horn in South Africa

Get the facts on Rhino Conservation and understand the need for the opening of the international trade in rhino horn in order to really conserve the species in especially South Africa (there are virtually no Rhino left in the rest of the world).

See the talk of a man that owns more Rhino than most sub-Saharan African countries have in their nature reserves; the conservation imperative for opening the international trade in rhino horn.

Also read Mike Eustice on rhino conservation and the need to open the trade in rhino horn if we really want to have rhino left for our children to ceherish too.

ELEPHANT

If you want to Save Elephants  Realistic reaction of Simon Jenkins to the London Declaration of 13 February 2014.

Poaching: Protectionists the Problem? - Elephants and lions are dangerous and there is no incentive for sub-Sahara Africa`s rural people to want to protect these animals.  Green radicals seem not to understand this fact at all (or they just don`t want to understand due to their inherent and continued imposition of neo-colonialism on the peoples of sub-Saharan Africa).

Read Ron Tomson`s informed opinion on Elephant management in Botswana (April 2014)

Dr Solom Joubert, former Kruger Park CEO writes the following on elephant management in the Kruger National Park: “Since 2010 this is my fourth submission to Skukuza on the topic of elephant management. For the first three no response was received. They were also submitted for consideration in the revision of the Kruger National Park Management Plan and, in particular, also the (KNP) Elephant Management Plan. There is no indication that they (these reports) received any attention...". READ the whole report of Ron Thompson on the issue of elephant management in Kruger in the following 3 parts:

Download Part 1       Download Part 2        Download Part 3

LION

How the ban on lion hunting decimated the species in Botswana - see the talk on video - a must-see item (a little slow download) 

South African Predator Association (SAPA)   position on hunting of captive-bred lions (the Bachmann saga) - visit SAPA here

Read the opion of a conservation professional -  Ron Thomson on the conseravtion value of ranched lion

 

 

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