Trophy hunting: Bans create opening for change

Citation

Nowak K, Lee PC, Marino J, Mkono M, Mumby H, Dobson A, Harvey R, Lindsay K, Lusseau D & Sillero-Zubiri C (2019) Trophy hunting: Bans create opening for change. Refers to: A Dickman, R Cooney, PJ Johnson, et al., Trophy hunting bans imperil biodiversity, Science, 30 Aug 2019: Vol. 365, Issue 6456, pp. 874. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz0735. Science, 366 (6464), pp. 434-435. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz4135

Abstract
First paragraph: In their Letter “Trophy hunting bans imperil biodiversity” (30 August, p.874), A. Dickman et al. warn that banning trophy hunting, a practice many of them deem “repugnant,” could threaten African biodiversity and livelihoods. What they actually describe is how loss of funding may impart these effects, without specifying any unique benefits of trophy hunting. It is defeatist to defend business-as-usual instead of promoting alternative conservation activities that could sustain formerly trophy-hunted species and areas.

Notes
Output Type: Letter

Journal
Science: Volume 366, Issue 6464