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Leopard Hunting with Dogs in Mozambique May Be Banned

(posted February 21, 2017)

If you have booked a hunt for leopard in Mozambique using dogs, be aware that the practice is under review and may be banned as early as this season. According to officials with Mozambique’s National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), present legislation allows the use of dogs for hunting, except in the Niassa Reserve. However, hunting legislation in Mozambique is currently being revised and a national leopard hunting regulation is under production. Based on the feedback of various stakeholders, say ANAC officials, the use of dogs for hunting leopard is likely to be prohibited in 2018. ANAC is the governmental body in Mozambique that oversees wildlife conservation and hunting.

The issue will be further discussed with Mozambican hunting operators at the Annual Hunting Meeting to be held in May in Maputo, where this and other issues related to sport hunting will be discussed. As for right now, the new regulation is still to be approved, which means present rules are applicable. But it is possible that the revised regulations be put in force sometime during the 2017 hunting season. In that case, we are told that ANAC would handle each request for permits individually this season, but no permits to use dogs when hunting leopards would be issued for the 2018 season.

Hunters booked for these leopard hunts should contact their operators right away for alternatives should their hunts be affected by these possible changes. Operators working in Mozambique should plan to attend the Annual Hunting Meeting to provide their input and be fully informed on the developments. – Barbara Crown, Editor-in-Chief

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Hunting leopards with hounds for 2017, will be legal in Mozambique.