Greetings all,

I have been a bit silent on this forum of late - keeping a low profile I guess since the agents here seem to run a bit of a tightrope race at times!

I thought perhaps many of you would enjoy watching this short video of Dereck and Beverly on the CBS Today show from yesterday...

They are interviewed briefly by Matt Lauer, whom they spent time with some years back at Mombo Camp, and they discuss a bit about their latest conservation efforts in Africa.

http://www.fancast.com/tv/Today/9642...ve-Back/videos

Cheers,
James

Thank you James.......................The video is not available - at least the announcement says so

SV

Great video. I enjoyed Legadimo with the baboon baby. Thank you James for posting.

cj

James, Thanks for posting, love to see this kind of footage.
Chuck

I hate agents trolling for business, adding zero value.....

Fantastic video; thanks for posting. I for one, would love to hear from you more often. Your input is always valuable to me and full of information.
Keep your posts coming.

napa - I don't get it..........

SV

Ditto what safarimama said.
Jon

Irony...really intended for James, we're good friends, sorry to confuse so many of you.

Spass - try this link instead:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/#33222987

Matt -

JW

Thanks James.

Very interesting, scary statistics. Thank you for posting.

Thank you James for getting me watch that video! It worked very well

Needless to say that every word is true but I wonder why it's that late they have finally figured it.

Botswana abolished lion hunting 2 or 3 years ago because of the declining numbers.

I think - we, who are living in countries where the big fat and sick cat trophy hunters come from, should not hesitate to loudly ask these hunters whenever we meet them about their sick sport, e.g. at airports when they check in/out and hang around lounges/restaurants. Clearly visibly showing off their deadly equipment.

Governments in Africa are either too corrupt or too dumb to realise what they do to their environment - or a combination of both. We should put pressure on to these guys in "our" countries to make them either start thinking or feeling really uncomfortable.

Thank you for posting that link! So very much appreciated!

Have a fantastic WE!

SV

SV -

I have a strong connection with your sentiment 100%... in fact, I have to hold myself back when I see the hunters collecting their gun cases at ORT arrivals in Joburg...

Hopefully you subscribe to Africa Geographic and read Ian Michler's superb editorials on the hunting situation... if not, you should do so, as he is one of "us" and has a very strong voice!

J

James,
Your point is well made. I was reminded of a recent Africa Geographic article By Ian Michler, that appeared this past February. I have attached a link to it below since it might be difficult to find otherwise. The title is "Tiger-bone Wine". Disturbing to say the least as it implies the enormous scale of both legalized and illegal hunting.

http://bigcatnews.blogspot.com/2009/...bone-wine.html

On a related note, a recent article in Scientific American revealed that ALL of the ivory recently in trade in Asia originates from a small, relatively defined region on the Tanzania-Mozambique border. The investigation was conducted using the most modern of DNA testing so their can really be no arguement about the origin of the ivory poaching. Both Michler's article and the Scientific American article point to Asia as the most immediate threat to African Wildlife. Both worth the read.
Regards-Chuck

THX James for pointing AG out - I read it regularly and of course also I.M. articles. I love the magazine as well as their collection of "in Style" books - which are used for presents on our side.

I support Chris Mercer in his and Bev's effort to educate and get awareness regarding the canned hunting industry.

I do as much as possible - creating awareness is one tool to get people re-think their actions.
Approaching the hunters themselves is another.

Nice Sunday afternoon!

SV