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February 16, 2024

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child calls on South African government to ‘protect children against violence of trophy hunting’
Humane Society International / Africa


CAPE TOWN, South Africa—The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has called on the South African government to “protect children from the vicarious effects of exposure to violence inflicted on animals such as during Trophy Hunting.” The announcement, on 8 February 2024, follows a periodic review of children’s rights in South Africa. Humane Society International welcomes the Committee’s recognition of trophy hunting as a violent and harmful activity—not just towards animals but also towards children.

Last year the UN formally recognised and defined the right of children to freedom from all forms of violence, including exposure to violence inflicted on animals. On 24 January 2024, during the UNCRC’s considerations of the periodic reports submitted by the South African Government, Dr Rinchen Chophal, vice chair of the UNCRC commented: “Various psychological studies on violence and animal abuse have shown that witnessing or participating in the violence can severely impact children’s moral and psychological development, besides normalising violence and conditioning life-long negative behavioural patterns. The popular and social acceptance of child participation in animal trophy hunting in the country (South Africa) is horrendous to say the least. Can the State Party enlighten us whether you will, as a matter of urgency, criminalise this practice?”

The UNCRC recorded that: “South Africa took note of the concerns about the effects that trophy hunting could have on children participating in them. South Africa was committed to holding roundtable discussions to address this matter.”

Research shows that witnessing animal abuse is a form of psychological abuse in children. Trophy hunting represents one of many forms of violence towards animals that could cause trauma. Around the world children, especially those from low-income communities, often encounter instances of domestic abuse towards pets, the violent slaughtering of conscious farmed animals, and the cruel extermination of animals considered to be “pests” or that pose a potential health risk to humans, including mice, rats and street dogs. Other activities perpetrating violence against animals include game hunting, culling, poaching, wing shooting and dogfighting, all of which pose harmful exposure to children. With the passage of UN General Comment 26 last year, children now have the right to be protected against witnessing any violence inflicted on any animal, and the South African government has been called on to demonstrate how it will ensure this right.

Dr Matthew Schurch, wildlife specialist for Humane Society International/Africa, stated: “Trophy hunting is cruel and violent to animals and deeply harmful to the children who witness it. The Committee’s statement is a critical starting point to address the wide spectrum of animal cruelty that children in South Africa—and around the world—are exposed to. Promoting compassion and respect towards all animals helps to foster children’s emotional and social skills. Ending exposure to animal cruelty can help prevent the development and normalisation of violent behaviours, towards the animals and also towards people. We look forward to the South African government demonstrating how we will ensure the rights of our children to be protected from all forms of violence towards animals.”

ENDS

I assume the UN thinks it's better for animals to be in a snare? No money to the locals and the meat not distributed fairly at all?

UN... These are, at best, "career useless people."

Ben Shapiro once said "The UN building in NYC should be razed to the ground, and the earth upon which it stood should be salted so that nothing can ever live there again." I can't help but agree.

Ben Shapiro has it right. Only useless crap comes out of the UN.

Dont bring your children to a super market. They might see a dead chicken.

Good Hunting
Carl Frederik

The most useless international organization EVER.

They are happy to rubber stamp America’s invasions of other countries.

But totally hopeless in stopping genocides!

Now they are sit their noses in hunting?!

The UN headquarters should be in a neutral nation such as Switzerland. It would be nice to be rid of it and away from the obligation to support it.

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Originally posted by muttleysgone:
The UN headquarters should be in a neutral nation such as Switzerland. It would be nice to be rid of it and away from the obligation to support it.

The UN should be outside the boundaries of any nation. My suggestion is somewhere in Antarctica. Less traffic jams and hookers to distract the attendees.

i disagree with a lot of things done by the gaulle in his days but he had a great nickname for the un : the big useless thing or in french le grand machin inutile ...

They should try that attitude in my house

The 1st hunt of the year was the 2nd weekend of January.
My 14 year old boy drove the truck to go and drop me and one of the 10 year old twins for a walk.
We bump into a kudu at 20 yards, I am covered by brush but she is standing in the open.
For 10 minutes she stands like a statue in full view of the bull staring at her. When he starts walking I whack him on the the 3rd step.
The first thing she says is "Dad, that was a good shot", without further ado she starts tracking the kudu to find it 120 yards away.
I radio my 14 year old for to bring the truck from camp.
The one twin is winching, the other twin is filming and the boy is doing a man's job getting the kudu loaded.

Everybody is enjoying the biltong in their lunchboxes at school, they know exactly where that came fom.

As for the UN, the UNCRC and dr Chophal if one of my kids tell them to GFY I am sponsoring ice cream for a month

But, but, but they wear pretty blue helmets where they uselessly go to “keep the peace”.

They are a self-parody and a sham. No one takes them seriously but themselves.

Balule,

That was a perfect little story about children that understand where meat comes from. Too bad all kids could not be educated in that manner.

Well done!

Mark