Month: April 2019

A Message from your SCI Foundation Conservation Committee Chair

Conservation / July 1, 2020

Over the past decade, I have had the privilege of serving on SCI Foundation’s Conservation Committee and recently succeeded my friend, Al Maki, as the new Chair after years of Al’s dedicated service. I have been a member of SCI for 15 years.  I joined back then and continue my membership today because I see SCI …

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SCIF Community-Based Hunting Program Helps Other Endangered Wildlife in Tajikistan

Conservation / July 1, 2020

[iframe src=” https://www.youtube.com/embed/ITntshBG5QU “] Last year, SCIF began support for the conservation of wild Bukhara urial sheep in southwestern Tajikistan. Urial is a species that is vulnerable itself, threatened by poaching and intensive pressure from livestock grazing, but a community-based model funded by hunting is also proving to benefit other endangered wildlife, including the striped hyena. The …

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