France

11 Aug

Banning trophy hunting will be catastrophic for conservation

ObserverNational NewsAustralia, Austria, Banning trophy hunting will be catastrophic for conservation, Czech Republic, Denmark, Forestry and Tourism, France, Germany, Hungary, Minister of Environment, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, USA

Staff Writer The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has come out guns blazing as he defends the significance of trophy conservation in the country, amid an international outcry to ban the import and export of trophies, saying countries who are advocating for this are jealous, arguing that a ban would negatively affect sustainable conservation. Pohamba Shifeta said there are so many wild animals whose numbers have surpassed the carrying sustainable capacity, hence the reason why many cases of human wildlife conflict is on the increase. “The same countries that are writing letters to us requesting for our wild animals,…

Your religion is yours; mine is mine

ObserverUncategorisedFrance, religion

Jackie Wilson Asheeke I am very disturbed about the explosion of violence by young Muslim men against people in France, regardless of what they claim is the reason. They have killed human beings due to their wrong belief that bloody murder is a statement of religious loyalty. Thankfully, such acts are not representative of Islam or Muslims in general. But, Muslim leaders around the world must scream out that this is NOT their faith; that killing people who do not believe as they do is not an act of religious purity, but cold, heartless murder. I cannot believe that any…