Trophy Hunting

Selective Trophy Hunting in Namibia

Arguments for selective trophy hunting are not likley to convince animal rights activists, animal lovers an nature / environmental conservators. Nonetheless, it is confirmed that in certain African countries, for example Kenya, where hunting is banned, the game population is considerably endangered due to poaching. Certain threatened species, like rhino, elephant and the Grevy zebra are close to extinction, as the presence of hunting guides and hunters is missing, and poachers just shoot anything that happens to be in way of their firearms, or they catch them in their snares. Selective trophy hunting in Namibia has contributed towards the reintroduction of indigenous species to Namibia.

The former President of NAPHA, Mr. Heger,
made the following statement about trophy hunting in Namibia:


Former NAPHA-President F. Heger	Professional Hunting Association Namibia

"35 years of trophy hunting in Namibia have revealed that sustainable utilization, in other words, partial utilization of offspring and secured maintenance of basic populations, has been the major factor involved in protection our game populations and nature, and even depleted game species, which formerly populated the area, could be re-introduced. NAPHA is therefore convinced that our oldest culture heritage, namely hunting, carried out over the centuries according to the principle of sustainable game-utilization, always had a right to exist, now an then. This principle is enacted in our Constitution.
... only then, when the game has an economical value for the African population, will they then have an interest in its survival. Should the game have no economical value for the African population, then cattle, sheep and goats will on the long run, force it out of its living area."