Safari Club Continues Long-Term Leadership at CITES

By: Joe Goergen & Jeremy Clare SCI and SCI Foundation have engaged with CITES since the Convention began in the 1970s, advocating for sustainable wildlife trade on behalf of the international hunting industry.  Both organizations continued this long-term advocacy at the recent 74th Standing Committee (SC74) meeting in Lyon, France March 7 – 11, 2022. CITES, …

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Roughin’ It Camp at the International Wildlife Museum

Roughin’ It Camp at the International Wildlife Museum February 24-25th is Rodeo Break in Tucson, AZ. There’s no better way to celebrate than our annual “Roughin’ It” camp at the International Wildlife Museum! This year 8 kids attended and participated in multiple outdoor activities. Campers learned the basics of archery and safety skills on the range. …

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What Are Conservation Detection Dogs?

Important for better understanding predator-prey relations in Michigan is finding predator cluster sites of Bear, Bobcat, Coyote, and Wolf to analyze what predator species are feeding on what prey species

Nashville is Sables Country

Raising funds for SCIF Education Programs is a tough job and one that the Sables take very seriously. It takes dedication, coordination and commitment by many volunteers, supporters and financial contributors to get the job done. As you probably already know, the SCI 2023 Convention will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, and though we just returned …

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Botswana Wants Trophy Hunting

By Joe Goergen A recent publication by SCIF partners at the Okavango Research Institute highlights the importance of engaging local people in wildlife management decisions. The paper, published in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, was led by Dr. Joseph Mbaiwa, Professor of Tourism Studies and Director of the institute, an internationally renowned academic center affiliated with …

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Botswana Community Tour

Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF) recently hosted its 19th African Wildlife Consultative Forum in Kasane, Botswana in November 2021. Following the successful event, the SCIF team, led by the Ngamiland Council of NGOs along with a delegation from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks and Botswana Wildlife Producers Association, toured several community areas of northern …

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A Hunter’s Quest’s Matt Ward Makes A Difference For Children In Pakistan

Giving back is an SCI/F Family tradition, and SCI Life Member and SCI Foundation donor Matt Ward of A Hunter’s Quest illustrated this point perfectly on his recent safari to Pakistan to hunt the Himalayan Ibex.  On his trip, Matt was fortunate to be able to spend some of his time with the local community and …

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Sables Leaders Gather Virtually For Annual Strategic Planning Meeting

By Vicki Swan Sables usually meet annually in conjunction with the SCI August Board Meeting to evaluate prior year successes, identify areas of development and set new goals for the coming year.  This year was slightly different, because Sables met before the August Board Meeting and did so virtually. Thanks to technology, Sables carried out important …

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Pandemic Stimulus Funds Available For Outdoor Education – Including Hunter Education Within The Outdoor Adventures K-12 Program

SCI Foundation (SCIF) in partnership with the Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation (OTF) share the common goal of educating today’s youth about wildlife conservation, hunting, fishing and shooting sports.  The Outdoor Adventures K-12 curriculum can be taught in any school across the United States as a P.E. class or Ag. Science Wildlife Management course.  This fall there are …

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SCIF Prepares For IUCN World Conservation Congress

Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF) is busy planning its participation in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Conservation Congress (WCC) from 3-11 September in Marseille, France. The WCC is IUCN’s official decision-making body of its member organizations that meets every four years. The Congress is a massive meeting of wildlife conservationists, a …

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