When the door closes and the lights go out, everything seems to come alive in the museum! On August 17th, 2019 the SCIF International Wildlife Museum hosted its annual Flashlight Night. The event was from 6pm to 8pm. Visitors were able to experience the museum in the dark, touring by flashlight, shining light on the exhibits …
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As the 18th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP) enters the history books, a review of the meeting shows that the global wildlife trade conference hosted by Switzerland ended well for hunters despite some setbacks, the most obvious being the unnecessary listing of the giraffe on Appendix II. The joint team from SCI …
“Safari Club International is proud to be a supporter of the Wyoming Migration Initiative. The mule deer is an iconic species of western North America, and observed declines in abundance and harvest in many areas should be a concern for all hunters. This population in Wyoming exhibits a variety of migratory strategies and, as illustrated in …
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By Todd Hisey Fifteen years ago, Laura Birch observed a new mother in need at her Church in Jeffreys Bay South Africa and reached out to help her. That initial act of kindness resulted in the establishment of the The Healthy Mom and Baby Clinic (HMBC), which today the Birch’s fund through the proceeds of hunting …
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The most recent issue of the academic journal Global Ecology and Conservation highlights the latest information from SCIF’s African lion research in Tanzania. In a research effort led by Dr. Jerrold Belant at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, this project examines methods used to survey lion abundance in the …
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By Alice Monarch A few years ago, a new dimension was added to the SCI Blue Bag program with the sponsorship of the Amy Bell Family “Pay It Forward” SCI Blue Bag. After the sudden death of Amy Bell, a young huntress and philanthropist, her family teamed up with the SCI Foundation and purchased SCI Blue …
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by Libby Gear My dad helped me arrange a Blue Bag for our recent trip to South Africa with Madubula Safaris. Madubula actually had a blue bag that had been left with them from a previous trip, so we were able to fill two bags with jerseys, socks and shoes for all 24 students of this …
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The International Wildlife Museum (IWM) staff is busy hosting youth summer camps at the museum from the end of May through July. Camps run daily for one-week periods for ages 5-9 years and ages 10-13 years. This year, the museum has 92 kids registered for camp, which is nearly double last year’s attendance! We believe this …
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SCI Foundation and our contributing hunter-conservationists have been active in supporting better management of western big game species, especially deer and elk, for over a decade. Elk or wapiti are among the most iconic species of the American West, although historically various subspecies ranged across much of the United States and Canada. Elk recovery from …
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by Cody Scriver I got to the Trophy Mountain Ranch owned by Monte Matheson in the Cowdrey, Colorado area on September 5th ready to hunt. Monte donated this hunt to SCI Foundation Veterans Committee to auction off during the Veterans Breakfast for a combat veteran to take a trophy elk on his ranch. It seemed like …
