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| Rosser, A.M. | |
| Regulation and recreational hunting | |
| 2009 Book Chapter | |
Recreational hunting occurs in both the biodiversity-rich and biodiversity-poor countries and involves native and non-native species, the latter often specially reared for hunting. Hunters from the biodiversity-poor countries often seek the challenge of hunting native fauna elsewhere and thus support a hunting tourism industry with its associated cross-border movements of hunting trophies. Such recreational hunting can generate considerable incentives for conservation. In the southern African countries, for example, recreational hunting generated over US$96 million annually in the late 1990s (Barnett & Patterson, 2005). However, recreational hunting may result in ecological problems such as loss of heterozygosity through targeting prime males or over-harvesting; and it may also result in welfare problems, through the inhumane treatment of quarry species, and corrupt practices among hunting operators (Gunn, 2001; Holmes, 2007). There may also be problems with the international movements of hunting trophies. Thus, to improve its conservation outcomes, recreational hunting needs to stress and strengthen its positive aspects, while eliminating its controversial aspects - but how? |
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