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SCIF Staff Engages Legislative Staff and Congressmen about Conservation Issues  

Education / November 11, 2022

SCIF Staff Engages Legislative Staff and Congressmen about Conservation Issues By: Todd Roggenkamp SCIF and SCI Sables recently partnered with the Western Caucus Foundation to discuss the latest issues in conservation with Congressional representatives while engaging them in outdoor recreation. This is part of SCIF’s new strategy to provide federal and state elected officials, congressional staff …

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Egg-stravaganza Was Egg-cellent!

Education / May 5, 2022

By: Amy Soneira The International Wildlife Museum hosted its annual Eggstravaganza on April 9th this year and had a record-breaking attendance of 678 people! Kids toting Easter baskets headed into the museum where games, crafts and face painting awaited them. The Museum staff and volunteers worked hard stuffing and hiding over 800 eggs throughout the museum! …

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SCIF Renews Commitment to West Virginia University for C.J. McElroy Endowed Hunting Heritage Scholarship

Education / May 2, 2022

In 2004, Safari Club International Foundation and Sables established the CJ McElroy Endowed Hunting Heritage Scholarship with West Virginia University and it’s Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design School. On establishment, the scholarship focused on encouraging women to enter the wildlife management/ecology fields. SCI Foundation and the SCIF Sables committed $100,000 to an endowment …

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Outdoors Day at the International Wildlife Museum

Education / November 11, 2022

Safari Club International Foundation continues to offer great outdoor experiences for the public this spring, with the return of Outdoors Day at the International Wildlife Museum. Some of the most popular activities were the archery, horseback rides & challenge course, despite an additional $1 The museum is passionate about getting kids excited about outdoor activities and …

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Research Funded by SCIF Explores Declining Buffalo Numbers in Tanzania

Conservation / July 14, 2020

The African buffalo population in and around Tanzania’s Ruaha National Park (RNP) has reportedly been on the decline for decades and researchers funded in part by the Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF)  went to work to figure out why. Prior to this series of projects, little was known about the habits and health of the buffalo …

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SCIF Co-Sponsors World Mountain Ungulate Conference with Wild Sheep Foundation

Conservation / July 14, 2020

Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF) recently co-sponsored the 7th World Mountain Ungulate Conference (WMUC) with its official partner organization, the Wild Sheep Foundation, in Bozeman, MT in September 2019. The WMUC is a scientific meeting of international wildlife biologists and managers from across North America, Europe and Central Asia focusing on wild sheep and goat conservation. …

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Wrap-Up Report On CITES CoP18

Conservation / July 1, 2020

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 …

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SCIF Conservation Preparing Strategy for African Leopard Conservation

Conservation / July 1, 2020

  Despite ample evidence showing that legal, regulated hunting is an important economic and management component of wildlife conservation in Africa, we have recently seen increased pressure from North America and Europe to limit importation of hunting trophies.  These arguments are typically based primarily on emotion and false narratives about wildlife and its conservation.  Uncertainty about …

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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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