The canned hunting of wild animals in Africa

Huntersouthafrica and Canned  Hunting

Canned hunting operations, also referred to as "shooting preserves" or "game ranches," are private trophy hunting facilities that offer their customers the opportunity to kill exotic and native animals that are trapped within enclosures. Free ranging animals on a game farm/ranch in South Africa is not included in this definition. Every year tens of thousands of wild animals, representing hundreds of different species, are killed by American trophy hunters in foreign countries. The heads, hides, tusks, and other body parts of most of these animals are legally imported to the United States by the hunters. Huntersouthafrica supports free and fair chase.

While the trophy hunting of endangered and threatened species attracts a great deal of attention, the vast majority of wild animals that American hunters kill and import such as impala, black bears, common zebra, warthogs, eland, African buffalo, African lions, giraffes, and baboons are not protected under the ESA or any other domestic law. If the foreign government allows the animals to be killed, as many do, the American hunter can import the trophies. A hunter in South Africa should not partake in this despicable act.

Shutting down the canned hunt industry.

1. Support Government Legislation

2. Promote Provincial Bans on Canned Hunts

3. Ask Your Local Zoo about Its Policy on Surplus Animals and Their Disposition

4. Oppose the Establishment of Hunts or Game Ranches in Your Community that practices Canned Hunting

5. Use the Power of the Press

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Huntersouthafrica supports free and fair chase of wild animals