hunting

Hunting
related: canned hunting, parks, wildlife

Recommended listening
[|Louis Brown, hunter] - Louis Brown gives Off Track the low down on hunting.

[|Hunting culture in Australia] - A bill before the NSW parliament also proposes allowing hunting in national parks and including some native animals as huntable game.

[|The canned hunting of lions] - Canned hunting is the practice of hunting where the target animal is unfairly prevented from escaping the hunter, either by physical constraints, such as fencing, or by mental constraints, such as habituation to humans and the industry is booming in South Africa.

Elsewhere on the Web
http://www.ibtimes.com/tsa-finds-dead-cougar-mans-luggage-las-vegas-airport-2633844

http://magazine.outdoornebraska.gov/2016/11/102732 [|Hunting Tourism Revisited - Ecoclub] [|Hunting Debate - Ecoclub] [|Sustainable hunting practices part of ecotourism, proponents say] http://sportingclassicsdaily.com/issue/2015-1/article/the-rise-of-hipster-hunters http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2016/03/14/4422650.htm

Twitter Moment 'Must be compensating,' Laureen Harper says about cougar hunter https://twitter.com/i/moments/943850994450030592

media type="custom" key="25855376" align="right"Criticism
[|The $200 million question: How much does trophy hunting really contribute to African communities? - Economists at Large] - [|@ecolarge]

http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/trophy-hunting-sale.html#cr

Irresponsible Hunting
Canada: [|Mi’kmaq to conduct ritual for moose]

Namibia
http://allafrica.com/stories/201603111433.html

New Zealand
[|Hunting & Fishing New Zealand] [|Fishing and Hunting New Zealand]

South Africa
[|Hunting in South Africa]

Spain
[|Congreso Nacional de Turismo Cinegético]

USA
[|U.S. Fish and Wildlife] [|National Wild Turkey Federation]

Questions
Can hunting be an effective strategy for wildlife conservation? Can hunting operations be considered ecotourism? Are hunting and bird watching operations compatible? How do parks and protected areas manage hunting?