By Chris Comer, Ph.D., SCIF Director of Conservation Deer and elk hunters in North America have been bombarded recently with more news items about a topic they would probably just as soon forget: chronic wasting disease (CWD). It started in the fall and winter with announcements that this potentially devastating disease had been detected in Quebec …
Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF), has a long history of supporting education and teaching about conservation and the role hunters plays in it. Since 1977, they have provided an educational program called the American Wilderness Leadership School (AWLS). AWLS focuses on providing educators the most effective ways to share and teach about conservation and role …
AWLS Program Educates Hundreds to Reach Thousands Read More »
[iframe src=”https://www.rferl.org/embed/player/0/29917243.html?type=video”] The striped hyena is classified as “Near Threatened” by the IUCN but listed on Tajikistan’s Red Book of endangered species with a declining population. This area represents the extreme outer range of the striped hyena in Central Asia. Hyenas are challenged by living close to areas of high human density and local pastoral communities …
Not The Last Laugh: Rare Hyena Spotted In Tajikistan Read More »