Adam Cruise

1 month ago | africanelephantjournal.com | Adam Cruise

By Adam Cruise – Daily MaverickThe draft strategy is skewed in favour of anthropocentric benefits – economic, spiritual and cultural – and cannot function in practical terms. South Africa’s Draft National Elephant Heritage Strategy, which closed to public comment at the end of February, demands that South Africa’s elephants must depend on human social and economic development for their future survival.

1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Adam Cruise

WILD IDEA OP-ED The draft strategy is skewed in favour of anthropocentric benefits – economic, spiritual and cultural – and cannot function in practical terms. South Africa’s Draft National Elephant Heritage Strategy, which closed to public comment at the end of February, demands that South Africa’s elephants must depend on human social and economic development for their future survival.

1 month ago | africanelephantjournal.com | Adam Cruise

By Adam Cruise – The BateleursOne of the central pillars of wildlife conservation, particularly in southern Africa, is the notion that if wild species are to be conserved, they must have economic value. The basic thinking behind this concept is that if animals such as elephants, sable antelopes or lions could earn people money, they would tend to be preserved.

2 months ago | rsn.org | Adam Cruise

Wildlife charity backs policy of exploitation of small number of some endangered species for economic purposes – such as trophy huntingThe wildlife charity WWF has been maintaining policies that work to support the trade in polar bear fur at the same time as using images of the bears to raise money, it can be revealed. Polar bears are severely affected by the loss of Arctic sea ice, which makes seeking prey harder and forces the bears to use more energy.

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Adam Cruise

The wildlife charity WWF has been working to support the trade in polar bear fur at the same time as using images of the bears to raise money, it can be revealed. Polar bears are severely affected by the loss of Arctic sea ice, which makes seeking prey harder and forces the bears to use more energy. In some regions, polar bears are showing signs of declining physical condition, having fewer cubs, and dying younger.