06/11/2025
Zie hier het ultieme bewijs van het belang van duurzame gamefarming voor niet alleen de instandhouding van species, maar zelfs de wederopbouw van bijna verloren gegane soorten.
En ja, daarbij hoort ook dat de gamefarmers die hierin investeren, dat ook op enige manier kunnen blijven bekostigen. Hunting is conservation!
From just 17 animals to more than 9,000 today — the bontebok’s comeback is nothing short of miraculous.
Thanks to collaborative conservation between government and private game ranchers, this once-vanishing species is thriving again, reclaiming its native habitat and securing its future for generations to come.
Later this year at CITES CoP20 (Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna), a proposal will be heard to delist bontebok from their current listing on CITES Appendix II (CITES, 2025). If approved, bontebok will be listed on no CITES appendices. Species such as bontebok listed under Appendix II are generally not endangered but could become endangered if trade is not monitored, therefore are subject to regulations including export permits. The proposing parties argue that the bontebok’s recovery stands as a testament to the success of these such programs, but that such a regulatory burden on South Africa is no longer necessary given that they are no longer threatened by trade, as demonstrated by the 2024 non-detriment finding.
