Pay-to-slay animal hunt auction met with controversy
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Published:
February 2, 2018
Updated:
February 2, 2018 3:50 PM EST
Screen shot from http://showsci.org/auction. The two most expensive are 10-day British Columbia Roosevelt Elk for One Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,318) and 11-day Yukon Trophy Moose or Mountain Caribou Hunt for One Hunter and One Non-Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,077). Ultimate sportsmen's Market /Toronto Sun/Postmedia NetworkPostmedia Wire
Safari Club International (SCI) will auction off hunt packages of 56 animals in Canada at its annual Las Vegas convention this weekend, valued at more than $444,000 CDN.
Some of the wild animals up for auction include wolves, moose, caribou, black bears, elk, coyotes, lynx, mink, wolverines and red stags.
Among the most expensive Canadian auction items are a 10-day British Columbia Roosevelt elk for one hunter, valued at $33,318 and an 11-day Yukon trophy moose or mountain caribou for one hunter and one non-hunter, valued around the same amount.
Screen shot from http://showsci.org/auction. The two most expensive are 10-day British Columbia Roosevelt Elk for One Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,318) and 11-day Yukon Trophy Moose or Mountain Caribou Hunt for One Hunter and One Non-Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,077). Ultimate sportsmen’s Market /Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network
The Toronto Sun asked an animal activist about her thoughts on the auction as well as a spokesman from the Canadian branch of Safari Club International.
JUDY MALONE, FOUNDER OF TOURISTS AGAINST TROPHY HUNTING
“It’s shocking and I think the majority of Canadians would agree. We just saw in British Columbia a ban implemented on the trophy hunting of grizzly bears and both residents in B.C. and a poll across Canada show that there’s a huge of majority of Canadians very much opposed to killing our wildlife for trophy, for bragging rights, for wall mounts, rugs…for home decor, we kill our wildlife.”
“We’re losing our Canadian wildlife at an alarming rate. We’re losing them because of habitat loss and climate change and regional over-hunting. But we still let these foreign hunters in here and resident hunters in here to kill them for gratuitous pleasure.”
Screen shot from http://showsci.org/auction. The two most expensive are 10-day British Columbia Roosevelt Elk for One Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,318) and 11-day Yukon Trophy Moose or Mountain Caribou Hunt for One Hunter and One Non-Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,077). (Ultimate sportsmen’s Market /Toronto Sun)
“Of all the pressures that are threatening our wildlife now, trophy hunting is something that can easily be taken off the table. There is no conversation benefit to it. They will lay claim there is. But it’s well documented there is not — very little of the money from hunting permits or even the trips go into conservation of wildlife.”
“It’s a very small group of people who can do this. They’re affluent people, they have the money to go around the world and pay huge sums of money to kill iconic wildlife. They get great pleasure out of it. We believe they’re psychopaths. They’re serial killers.”
Screen shot from http://showsci.org/auction. The two most expensive are 10-day British Columbia Roosevelt Elk for One Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,318) and 11-day Yukon Trophy Moose or Mountain Caribou Hunt for One Hunter and One Non-Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,077). (Ultimate sportsmen’s Market /Toronto Sun)
JASON ST. MICHAEL, SCI CANADA OPERATIONS MANAGER
“It’s a fact that hunting is a purist form of conservation, animals need to be managed and we’re able to raise money to ensure the wildlife is there for future generations.”
St. Michael said they work with “best available science,” including deploying biologists and coordinating with the Ministry of Natural Resources in Ontario in projects. Millions of dollars every year go back into conservation programs from Safari Club International, he says. Last year, SCI spent $450,000 in projects throughout Canada, including a woodland caribou study and a grizzly bear study. “That money is coming back and doing great things for Canadian wildlife.”
“I would hesitate to use the word ‘trophy.’ It’s become a derogatory statement because people have the wrong idea of what ‘trophy hunting’ is. In Canada, there’s very few animals that you could not utilize the entire animal. Predators such as wolf and coyotes, you don’t have to take the meat, everything else has to be utilized. Moose, deer, people have a misconception that hunters that pay money to go up there, they cut the horns and the head off and leave the rest of the animal there in the bushes. That is not the case. That is a fallacy that needs to be fought.”
“What are these anti-use groups doing to give back? They’re 10 times better funded than we are and I don’t see them doing any conservation projects on the ground.”
“They closed the grizzly bear hunt in British Columbia and the hunt is sustainable. We know the numbers — approximately 15,000. What are the effects going to be now, because a mature boar can kill up to 15 cubs in his area. How does it affect the rest of ecology in the area? It can certainly have a negative effect.”
jyuen@postmedia.com
http://showsci.org/auction
Pay-to-slay animal hunt auction met with controversy | Toronto Sun
Jenny Yuen
More from Jenny Yuen
Published:
February 2, 2018
Updated:
February 2, 2018 3:50 PM EST
Screen shot from http://showsci.org/auction. The two most expensive are 10-day British Columbia Roosevelt Elk for One Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,318) and 11-day Yukon Trophy Moose or Mountain Caribou Hunt for One Hunter and One Non-Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,077). Ultimate sportsmen's Market /Toronto Sun/Postmedia NetworkPostmedia Wire
Safari Club International (SCI) will auction off hunt packages of 56 animals in Canada at its annual Las Vegas convention this weekend, valued at more than $444,000 CDN.
Some of the wild animals up for auction include wolves, moose, caribou, black bears, elk, coyotes, lynx, mink, wolverines and red stags.
Among the most expensive Canadian auction items are a 10-day British Columbia Roosevelt elk for one hunter, valued at $33,318 and an 11-day Yukon trophy moose or mountain caribou for one hunter and one non-hunter, valued around the same amount.
Screen shot from http://showsci.org/auction. The two most expensive are 10-day British Columbia Roosevelt Elk for One Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,318) and 11-day Yukon Trophy Moose or Mountain Caribou Hunt for One Hunter and One Non-Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,077). Ultimate sportsmen’s Market /Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network
The Toronto Sun asked an animal activist about her thoughts on the auction as well as a spokesman from the Canadian branch of Safari Club International.
JUDY MALONE, FOUNDER OF TOURISTS AGAINST TROPHY HUNTING
“It’s shocking and I think the majority of Canadians would agree. We just saw in British Columbia a ban implemented on the trophy hunting of grizzly bears and both residents in B.C. and a poll across Canada show that there’s a huge of majority of Canadians very much opposed to killing our wildlife for trophy, for bragging rights, for wall mounts, rugs…for home decor, we kill our wildlife.”
“We’re losing our Canadian wildlife at an alarming rate. We’re losing them because of habitat loss and climate change and regional over-hunting. But we still let these foreign hunters in here and resident hunters in here to kill them for gratuitous pleasure.”
Screen shot from http://showsci.org/auction. The two most expensive are 10-day British Columbia Roosevelt Elk for One Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,318) and 11-day Yukon Trophy Moose or Mountain Caribou Hunt for One Hunter and One Non-Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,077). (Ultimate sportsmen’s Market /Toronto Sun)
“Of all the pressures that are threatening our wildlife now, trophy hunting is something that can easily be taken off the table. There is no conversation benefit to it. They will lay claim there is. But it’s well documented there is not — very little of the money from hunting permits or even the trips go into conservation of wildlife.”
“It’s a very small group of people who can do this. They’re affluent people, they have the money to go around the world and pay huge sums of money to kill iconic wildlife. They get great pleasure out of it. We believe they’re psychopaths. They’re serial killers.”
Screen shot from http://showsci.org/auction. The two most expensive are 10-day British Columbia Roosevelt Elk for One Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,318) and 11-day Yukon Trophy Moose or Mountain Caribou Hunt for One Hunter and One Non-Hunter (hunt valued at CAD$33,077). (Ultimate sportsmen’s Market /Toronto Sun)
JASON ST. MICHAEL, SCI CANADA OPERATIONS MANAGER
“It’s a fact that hunting is a purist form of conservation, animals need to be managed and we’re able to raise money to ensure the wildlife is there for future generations.”
St. Michael said they work with “best available science,” including deploying biologists and coordinating with the Ministry of Natural Resources in Ontario in projects. Millions of dollars every year go back into conservation programs from Safari Club International, he says. Last year, SCI spent $450,000 in projects throughout Canada, including a woodland caribou study and a grizzly bear study. “That money is coming back and doing great things for Canadian wildlife.”
“I would hesitate to use the word ‘trophy.’ It’s become a derogatory statement because people have the wrong idea of what ‘trophy hunting’ is. In Canada, there’s very few animals that you could not utilize the entire animal. Predators such as wolf and coyotes, you don’t have to take the meat, everything else has to be utilized. Moose, deer, people have a misconception that hunters that pay money to go up there, they cut the horns and the head off and leave the rest of the animal there in the bushes. That is not the case. That is a fallacy that needs to be fought.”
“What are these anti-use groups doing to give back? They’re 10 times better funded than we are and I don’t see them doing any conservation projects on the ground.”
“They closed the grizzly bear hunt in British Columbia and the hunt is sustainable. We know the numbers — approximately 15,000. What are the effects going to be now, because a mature boar can kill up to 15 cubs in his area. How does it affect the rest of ecology in the area? It can certainly have a negative effect.”
jyuen@postmedia.com
http://showsci.org/auction
Pay-to-slay animal hunt auction met with controversy | Toronto Sun
