Dr. Brian Child is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida. He spent twelve years working for Zimbabwe’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management. Brian received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford and B.Sc. from the University of Zimbabwe.
To restore America’s position as a global conservation leader, Congress should avoid adopting arbitrary bans on the importation of hunting trophies.
Banning trophy hunting without viable alternatives would imperil biodiversity and undermine local communities.
Across the country, children are learning that the earth is getting dangerously hot, that acid rain has destroyed vast numbers of lakes and rivers, and…