No lion "threat" at the next CoP 15

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29 October 2009, 13:40

Bwanamich

No lion "threat" at the next CoP 15

We have escaped the challenge we most feared........at least for the next 2 or so years!

There has been no proposal submitted at the next CoP15 meeting for the uplisting of lion.
Below form CF bulletin:

The CITES proposals have been published.

1. There is no proposal for the African lion!

2. There are proposals to downlist the elephant for trophy hunting purposes in Zambia and in Tanzania so that import permits will no longer be required from the USF&WS.

"...Them, they were Giants!"
J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa

hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset

29 October 2009, 14:54

ozhunter

From what the Niassa Reserve people had to say, that's pretty amazing.
Sounded like a done deal.

29 October 2009, 15:01

BrettAKSCI

Just the same I hope people won't lose focus on the importance of reforming the current state of lion hunting!!!

Brett

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29 October 2009, 15:15

Neil-PH

Is this a good thing or a bad thing????
We have the knack of intervening when it seems a lost cause.

29 October 2009, 18:15

shakari

At the risk of sounding like a smug git...... I told ya so!

More seriously, as I said a few weeks ago, I just couldn't see it happening. It's not the first time (and probably not the last time) the same countries & organisations etc have rumbled about how they were gonna try for an upgrade and have then had a change of heart....... or at least, a loss of bottle.

Either way, let's be grateful and hope we as hunters can try to be more selective in our choice of what Lions we take so that the population and trophy quality improves.

31 October 2009, 20:55

mboga biga bwana

quote:
The CITES proposals have been published.

1. There is no proposal for the African lion!

Very GOOD News

Seloushunter

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31 October 2009, 23:00

Sevenxbjt

Good to hear that young guys like me still working toward our lion aren't out of the fight yet.....

01 November 2009, 17:15

Matt Graham

quote:
Originally posted by ozhunter:
From what the Niassa Reserve people had to say, that's pretty amazing.
Sounded like a done deal.

Would a downlisting have implications for Australia imports do you think??

PS. to others... we cant import elephant trophies at all...