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Big game hunting in Africa is economically useless - IUCN |  A new IUCN report reveals that Big game hunting is almost unbelievably inefficient as a wealth generator, when taking into account the land used and the financial contribution made to GDP.
In the 11 main big game hunting countries in Africa, the surface area occupied by big game hunting parks is 14.9% of national territory, and the contribution of big game hunting to the GDP is 0.06%. Read the full story » |
wildlife news from the week of 6th november | bird news WHALE, DOLPHIN AND MARINE NEWS |
Lemurs of Madagascar Amazingly, when the first edition of this book was written, in 1994, only 50 species were known, but since then another 43 species and subspecies have been identified, and this book recognises a further 8 as a result of greater understanding of their systematics! Anyone visiting Madagascar should take a copy of this book with them. Read full review » | naturetrek - new brochure Britain's largest selection of professionally organised natural history holidays and wildlife tours. All are expertly guided by a leading ornithologist or botanist.
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staff photo of the month  A young lion has a plan but no clue, trying its luck with three wildebeest instead of concentrating on one. Click here for more | WHERE TO WATCH WILDLIFE THIS WEEKEND Hundreds of thousands of starlings will turn the sky black around the UK in the next few weeks, as they come together in huge clouds, wheeling and swooping in unison. Huge starling flocks gather before dusk and often put on spectacular displays. Click starling 'swarms' |  HELP US MAINTAIN WILDLIFE EXTRA  While we will maintain to offer a free service to all our readers, we would like to improve our efforts. To this end, if you feel that you get a good service from Wildlife Extra and that you would like to help us help you, we have now made that possible. Click here to make a voluntary subscription. | WILDLIFE EXTRA - READER OFFERS |
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