Recreational hunting's conservation paradox
African Lion (source -Wikicommons: Clement Bardot) Recreational hunting – especially hunting of charismatic species for their trophies -raises ethical and moral concerns. Yet recreational hunting is frequently suggested as a way to conserve nature and support local people’s livelihoods. In a new article published in the journal One Earth, scientists from the University of Helsinki in Finland and Flinders University in Australia have reviewed more than 1,000 studies on recreational hunting – the first such attempt to summarize the scientific literature examining the biodiversity and soci...
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