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The premise of Dr Stephanie Klarmann’s article, Dead wild animals by numbers — Professional Hunters Association stats tell a grim tale, (Daily Maverick, 8 April 2025) is understandable. It comes from a place, and an organisation – the Conservation Action Trust – that is completely anti consumptive use. Let me be a little clearer: completely anti the use of wildlife through hunting tourism.
I’m a hunter who works for a pro sustainable use organisation, The Origins Foundation, whose mission is to champion sustainable use of natural resources in which people are intimately involved.
I’m definitively pro consumptive use. The reason? There are significant benefits to communities and wildlife that come from the consumptive use/hunting tourism sector.
