Conservation’s Biggest Con Job

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South Africa’s lion hunting industry has little to do with conservation and everything to do with profit but it seems only foreign governments care. Here’s a trick question: Is canned lion hunting legal in South Africa? According to Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa, the answer is no. “South Africa does not allow canned lion … Full Story ?

NBA star Yao Ming saw elephants and rhinos killed for ivory and horns; he later became a leading wildlife conservation campaigner in China

Vietnam seizes 1.2 tons of ivory, plus big cat bones, hidden in timber shipment

Kenya claims to be visa-free? Well, not exactly as similar formalities now exist.

IATA, CANSO and ACI launch joint runway safety initiative

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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome is the founder and publisher of ATCNews, Eastern Africa’s leading aviation, tourism and conservation news blog of its kind. Wolfgang has nearly 50 years of experience in the tourism, aviation and conservation fields in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, covering all aspects of safari-, hotel- and air-operations.

The Managing Editor of ATCNews is Mrs. Esther C. Goossens.

Conservation’s Biggest Con Job

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NBA star Yao Ming saw elephants and rhinos killed for ivory and horns; he later became a leading wildlife conservation campaigner in China

Vietnam seizes 1.2 tons of ivory, plus big cat bones, hidden in timber shipment

Kenya claims to be visa-free? Well, not exactly as similar formalities now exist.

IATA, CANSO and ACI launch joint runway safety initiative