ConserveBotswana

A magazine dedicated to showcasing #conservation research and action in #Botswana to a broad international audience of #wildlife enthusiasts.

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@paul__tully @XposeTrophyHunt @TaylorShone @AmyDickman4 GPTF's records are available from them upon request, as a Namibian public institution. That article was written using data seen firsthand by the author. Are you so set on the "all Africans are corrupt" narrative that when something goes against that, you cannot believe it? Sad.

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@XposeTrophyHunt @TaylorShone @AmyDickman4 On the contrary, the rhino population in Namibia is growing. That subspecies has recently been reclassified as Near Threatened (rather than Vulnerable) due to successful conservation efforts. https://t.co/fT72zoT6cC

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@TaylorShone @XposeTrophyHunt @AmyDickman4 Communal conservancies in NW Namibia went for 2.5 years recently without a single rhino lost. Communities are key to the overall success of reducing poaching in that country. They are treated as partners. https://t.co/evBkbrgEUN

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@paul__tully @XposeTrophyHunt @TaylorShone @AmyDickman4 Once more, the question has to be asked - did you read the article? A black rhino trophy tag is sold for US$350-400,000, 100% of that money goes to GPTF for anti-poaching, rhino management, conflict etc. The hunt organiser adds his fee on top of that.

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@XposeTrophyHunt @TaylorShone @AmyDickman4 Did you read the article? The money from black rhino TH goes towards the Game Products Trust Fund, which funds rhino management, anti-poaching, and payments for human-wildlife conflicts. Those payments go directly to conservancies.

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@tselsmark @XposeTrophyHunt Her project has received a small % of funding from hunting groups in the past. That funding went straight to conservation work, not anyone's personal bank account. The project gets more support from people who don't like hunting than people who do. https://t.co/mhj7m08hkB

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@TaylorShone @XposeTrophyHunt @AmyDickman4 Black rhino TH is actually one of the best examples of hunting supporting conservation. The facts and figures speak for themselves: https://t.co/MJIr18I1fN

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@mlmzam1 @PeterEgan6 @AmyDickman4 @JaneGoodallInst @CBTHunting Yet TH doesn't actually occur in the UK, so they are effectively dictating their own ideas to African countries. When the UK has set aside as much land for wildlife as African countries, then perhaps they will have a leg to stand on.

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@PeterEgan6 @AmyDickman4 @JaneGoodallInst @CBTHunting Perhaps you need to read a little more widely on the topic, and not just pieces that confirm your own ideas? Scientists debate the pros and cons of TH all the time, but only activists resort to the kinds of tactics used in the article you link to. https://t.co/mhj7m08hkB

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@XposeTrophyHunt @AmyDickman4 @PeterEgan6 Such a pathetic response shows that you have no logical argument on your side that can be held up to scrutiny. Resorting to personal attack with no basis in evidence shows the weakness of your position. https://t.co/mhj7m08hkB

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

The attack on science because it doesn't suit us is a sign of our times. #StandByAmy

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@Nenagh9 @dilysroe @rickygervais @PeterEgan6 @JoannaLumleyUK @JudiDench007 @piersmorgan @africa_resource @AspinallCharity @SirRanulphANZ @BornFreeFDN @emsfoundationsa @JaneGoodallInst @BorisJohnson @carriesymonds @WWF So the "voice of the people" according to you is from the UK or US only? All of those you mention are based outside Africa. African voices not worthy of your attention, apparently.

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@mr_calvero @MaxiPiaLouis1 There is space for all of these solutions and sources of income to develop side-by-side. It makes no sense to deprive our communities of current income with promises that it will all get better "one day" when these other things start bringing in money, if they ever do.

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@AdamHartScience @mr_calvero @dilysroe @rickygervais @PeterEgan6 @JoannaLumleyUK @JudiDench007 @piersmorgan @africa_resource The people on that list are deeply concerned about hunting bans and have expressed their opinions at conferences etc. Even celebrities have media savvy people helping them. Is that service to be denied to African communities?

[Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes @tSasRolfes]

#COVID19: Now is not the time to jump on the #WildlifeTrade 'banwagon'! Appropriate response is to improve wildlife trade regulation with a direct focus on human health. https://t.co/2l01Lgi2Mn

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@AdamHartScience @AmyDickman4 @IUCNSULi Thank you for bringing this out into the open! The group organising this event need to be exposed for the science-haters they are.

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@harvross @katzyna @ruahacarnivores @dilysroe @MarinoJorgelina @MelissaGaskill @Revelator_News @pili_scotland @MuchaMkono @hannahsmumby Not talking about water, but about crop fields and homes.

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@katzyna @AdamHartScience @tSasRolfes @MelissaGaskill @Revelator_News @pili_scotland @MarinoJorgelina @MuchaMkono @hannahsmumby @VFelbabBrown The 36% quoted earlier is the % of income communal conservancies make from hunting; the rest is mainly from photo-tourism. Showing that hunting and photo-tourism operate in the same areas in Namibia without negatively affecting each other.

[ConserveBotswana @ConservBotswana]

@harvross @katzyna @ruahacarnivores @dilysroe @MarinoJorgelina @MelissaGaskill @Revelator_News @pili_scotland @MuchaMkono @hannahsmumby What Batswana have found in recent experience is that elephants that lose their fear of people and start coming closer to homes results in human death. Elephants are not cute 'n cuddly animals when you meet them on foot at night.