The human cost of wildlife conservation in Tanzania

Trophy hunting interests are turning the screw on northern Tanzania's Maasai communities and wildlife paradise. Meanwhile, ...

Tanzania's Maasai, wildlife corridor face growing pressure

Trophy hunting interests are turning the screw on northern Tanzania's Maasai communities and wildlife paradise. Meanwhile, ...
eturbonews

Tanzania hunting safari outfitters in dilemma over tourism minister’s remarks

Tourist hunting executives in Tanzania are looking for fresh talks with the government over the recent remarks by the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism who accused their companies of the ...
eturbonews

Fresh call to ban hunting in Tanzania emerges

The opposition in Tanzanian parliament has demanded that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism cancel the hunting license of one company, which in a promotional video clip – played to member ...
Zawya

Tanzania woos US tourists with trophy hunting safaris

Tanzania is seeking to attract well-off Americans as it targets the growing game hunting tourism market. Last week, Tanzania Tourism Minister Damas Dumbaro was in Las Vergas to market the countrys ...
Mongabay

New video emerges of wildlife abuses by safari company in Tanzania

News site Quartz obtained the new footage through WildLeaks, a project of the Elephant Action League meant to facilitate whistleblowing within the realm of conservation — a sort of WikiLeaks for ...
Star Tribune

Lion hunting in Tanzania: Getting away with murder?

In a March 19 commentary ("Why trophy hunting is needed in Africa"), Alexander N. Songorwa, director of wildlife for the Tanzanian Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, argued that the United ...
ISS

Trophy hunting is decimating super tuskers on the Kenya-Tanzania border

Despite their declining numbers, super tuskers – bull elephants with tusks weighing over 45 kg each – are being slaughtered by international sport hunters in the Amboseli ecosystem, which stretches ...