Entries by Richard Emslie

Legal Hunting for Conservation of Highly Threatened Species: The Case of African Rhinos

Summary: “Counter-intuitively, removing a small number of specific males can enhance population demography and genetic diversity, encourage range expansion, and generate meaningful socioeconomic benefits to help fund effective conservation”  “Legal hunting of African rhinos has been sustainable, with very small proportions of populations hunted each year, and greater numbers of both species today in these […]