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31/08/2026

We welcome Minister Maynier’s publication of the CITES export quotas for elephant, black rhinoceros and leopard hunting trophies. This provides urgently needed regulatory certainty for the wildlife sector, professional hunting operations and rural communities that depend on a functioning, sustainable wildlife economy.

We particularly acknowledge the hard work of the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) in undertaking the scientific assessments that inform this process, as well as the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) for advancing the regulatory and administrative work required to publish the quotas.

Science-based, carefully managed quotas are central to responsible conservation practice. They support sound population management, incentivise the protection of habitat and wildlife, sustain rural employment and create tangible economic value from conservation landscapes.

We commend Minister Maynier, SANBI and DFFE for recognising that sustainable use must be guided by credible science, effective governance and South Africa’s conservation obligations.

A well-regulated wildlife economy remains an essential contributor to biodiversity conservation and rural tourism.



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20/08/2026

𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐔𝐃𝐔
– 𝐛𝐲 Craig Boddington
The “gray ghost” is widespread in Africa, but some regions are better than others.

With attractive gray hide, bright white vertical body stripes, and those magnificent spiraling horns, the greater kudu is among Africa’s most striking antelopes, and perhaps the most eagerly sought. Everybody who goes on safari wants a greater kudu!

First, you must seek them where they live. After the bushbuck, the greater kudu is the most widespread of the spiral-horned antelopes. Except for an isolated pocket where CAR, Chad, and Sudan meet, the greater kudu is primarily an animal of East and Southern Africa. It is found from Eritrea and Ethiopia down through Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique; then on west through Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia, and down through much of South Africa. Even in parts of this region where the kudu is not native, it has been widely introduced.

Read more here: https://sportsafield.com/2022/best-places-to-hunt-kudu/