Hunting versus Culling

Tue, 2008-04-01 22:01 by Jan

Hunting v culling
Legalbrief Environmental
01 April 2008

The hunting fraternity says it supports the culling of elephants – and is to pressure the government to allow hunting in national parks as it sees this as part of the culling process, writes E-Brief News.

The money generated from hunting could be used to fund conservation and biodiversity management, eliminating the shortfall that will arise from the national budget as the government concentrates its efforts on poverty alleviation and social development, says Ludolph Swanevelder, the former chairman of the Confederation of Hunting Associations of South Africa (Chasa) in The Sunday Independent.

Article at the following link:
http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20080401075733295