January 1, 2020 In Editorial, January 2020 - Volume II-1 By Jeff Crane, President of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation

ProTECT Act Does Not “Protect” Endangered Species

The “Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies Act of 2019” (H.R. 4804), also known as the ProTECT Act, and the “Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act” (H.R. 2245), or CECIL Act, are two recent legislative actions that are aimed at destroying the value of our science-based conservation funding model.READ MORE

Cartoon from Peter Flack’s blog (reproduced with permission)
January 1, 2020 In Conservation & Wildlife Management, Editorial, January 2020 - Volume II-1, Regional News By Gerhard R. Damm with remarks by Peter H. Flack

South Africa regulates the ‘improvement of wild animals’—seriously?

A critical view of the inclusion of iconic wildlife species into South Africa’s Animal Improvement Act. With this action, SA’s Dept. of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries demonstrates gross incompetence in matters of conservation. Negative consequences for wildlife and habitat will be inevitable.READ MORE

October 1, 2019 In Conservation & Wildlife Management, Editorial, October 2019 - Volume I-4, Rural Communities & Livelihoods By Gerhard R. Damm

Protectionist NGOs Obstruct Real Conservation–And the Dunning-Kruger Effect keeps them in power

Through social media, protectionist NGOs are flourishing. Anti-hunting groups broadly refuse—or refute—scientific research and often ignore socio-economic factors while collecting millions in donations and saddling range states and rural communities with high conservation costs. It doesn’t have to be this way.READ MORE