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Trophy Hunting in Namibia |
Arguments for selective trophy hunting are not likely to convince animal rights activists, animal lovers an nature / environmental conservators. Nonetheless, it is confirmed that in certain African countries, for example Kenya, where hunting is banned, the game population is considerably endangered due to poaching. Certain threatened species, like Rhino, Elephant and the Grevy Zebra are close to extinction, as the presence of hunting guides and hunters is missing, and poachers just shoot anything that happens to be in way of their firearms, or they catch them in their snares. Selective trophy hunting in Namibia has contributed towards the reintroduction of indigenous species to Namibia. |
Since 1994 trophy hunting in Namibia become an increasing growth. The reasons therefor are not accidental. Different measures and continuos efforts have caused this growth: |
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So that excluding trophies
of high quality will be hunted, NAPHA developed a quality
control system, by which is prevented that
professional hunters and hunting guides hunt trophies, that do
not correspond to the set minimum size. Namibia is one of a few
countries in Africa, that practise such a form of the quality
control - to the protection of a strong genetics and to the
protection of the interests of hunting guests. As almost in all
African countries, which offer trophy hunting, usual, the
hunting guest pays for the obligatory trophy fee regardless
how strong it is and in which medal class it lies. |
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The
Namibian minimum measurement system
is to protect hunting clients hunting in Namibia from harvesting
animals below the minimum requirement, as per the Ministry of
Environment an Tourism (MET). Trophies below this standard do
not have to paid for by the hunting client. This does not apply
to conservation harvesting programmes or in case of old age, an
animal with broken horn or a sick animal, if the hunting client
expressly asks for this trophy. |
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