The wildlife charity's CEO Howard Jones said public support was now needed more than ever.
Born Free charity calls for public support in efforts to have trophy and canned hunting banned, 24 June 2019. Picture: SuppliedThe international wildlife charity Born Free on Monday pleaded with the public to take action after shocking statistics revealed that almost 300,000 trophies from threatened wild animals were exported around the world over the past decade.
Trophy and canned hunting involve killing animals for pleasure, often times in a closed space, in order to display part or all of their bodies as trophies. “Hunting fees for bushpigs or antelope may cost a few hundred dollars; a hunting safari which includes an elephant or lion will set you back tens of thousands; and in January 2014, a wealthy American reportedly bid $350,000 for a permit to hunt and kill a critically endangered black rhino in Namibia.”
The wildlife charity said these shocking figures are made more gruesome as there are only an estimated 400,000 elephants and perhaps as few as 20,000 lions left in the wild.
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