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This book gets to the heart of trophy hunting, unpacking and explaining its multiple facets and controversies, and exploring why it divides environmentalists, the hunting community, and the public. Bichel and Hart provide the first interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to the study of trophy hunting, investigating the history of trophy hunting, and delving into the background, identity and motivation of trophy hunters. They also explore the role of social media and anthropomorphism in shaping trophy hunting discourse, as well as the viability of trophy hunting as a wildlife management tool, the ideals of fair chase and sportsmanship, and what hunting trophies are, both literally and in terms of their symbolic value to hunters and non-hunters. The analyses and discussions are underpinned by a consideration of the complex moral and practical conflicts between animal rights and conservation paradigms. This book appeals to scholars in environmental philosophy, conservation and environmental studies, as well as hunters, hunting opponents, wildlife management practitioners, and policymakers, and anyone with a broad interest in humanwildlife relations

Intro -- The Smallest of Trophies -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 A Lion Dies -- 1.2 Trophy Hunting as a Field of Research -- 1.3 Defining Trophy Hunting -- 1.4 Going Hunting -- References -- 2 A History of Hunting and Hunting Perceptions -- 2.1 Prehistory -- 2.2 Ancient Egypt and China -- 2.3 Ancient Greece -- 2.4 Ancient Rome -- 2.5 Pre-Columbian America -- 2.6 From the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century in Europe -- 2.7 Colonial Hunting in India and Africa -- 2.8 Theodore Roosevelt and North American Conservation -- 2.9 The Transcendentalists -- 2.10 Modern Animal Rights and Ecofeminism -- 2.11 Recent Trends and Perceptions of Hunting -- References -- 3 Hunting Trophies -- 3.1 Taxidermy -- 3.2 Fish and Birds -- 3.3 Skulls, Antlers, Skins, and Other Trophies -- 3.4 Trophies and Record Books -- 3.4.1 Rowland Ward -- 3.4.2 Boone and Crockett -- 3.4.3 International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation -- 3.4.4 Pope and Young -- 3.4.5 Safari Club International -- 3.4.6 Erongo Verzeichnis for African Game Animals -- 3.5 A Critical Look at Trophy Records -- 3.5.1 Do Record Books Honour Animals or Hunters? -- 3.5.2 The Consequences of Record Books -- 3.6 The Meanings of Hunting Trophies -- 3.6.1 Dead Nature -- 3.6.2 Achievement, Tribute, and Gratitude -- 3.6.3 Trophies as Interior Decoration -- 3.7 The Trophy Photo -- References -- 4 Hunters and Antihunters -- 4.1 Hunter Demographics -- 4.2 Hunting, Privilege, and Social Schisms -- 4.2.1 Gender -- 4.2.2 Race and Wealth -- 4.2.3 Guns and God -- 4.3 Hunting Motivations -- 4.3.1 The Naturalistic Hunter-Nature -- 4.3.2 The Utilitarian Hunter-Meat -- 4.3.3 The Dominionistic Hunter-Sport -- 4.3.4 Motivation Demographics and Prevalences -- 4.4 Antihunters -- 4.5 More on Hunting Motivations -- 4.5.1 New Nature Hunting -- 4.5.2 Rituals and (Male) Identity -- 4.5.3 Getting Away.

Intro -- London War Trophy -- About the Author -- Copyright Information © -- Chapter 1 -- Gauden Road, Clapham, S.W.4. 1945-1949 -- Chapter 2 -- Maybury Street, Tooting, S.W.17. 1945-1954 -- Chapter 3 -- 56, Thornbury Road, Brixton Hill, S.W.2. 1949-1952 -- New Park Road Infants School S.W.2. 1949-1952 -- (in 1951 Renamed Richard Atkins School.) -- Appendices 1. Chart of Infant Memories (1949-1952) -- Appendices 2. Clapham Park - Brixton Hill Walk -- Chapter 4 -- Greyhound Lane, Streatham Common, S.W.16. 1952-1954 -- Woodmansterne Road School S.W.16. 1952-1954 -- Chapter 5 -- 192, Cavendish Road, Balham, S.W.12. 1954-1963 -- Richard Atkins Junior Girls School. S.W.2. 1954-1956 -- Appendices 3. Chart of Junior Memories 1954-1956 -- Streatham Junior Red Cross Cadets S.W.16 1956-1960 -- Clapham County Grammar School S.W.4. - Part 1 -- 1956-1962 -- Baptist Summer Schools 1960-1961 -- Clapham County Grammar School S.W. 4. - Part 2 -- 1956-1962 -- Private Piano Lessons 1956-1959 -- Early Leisure Pursuits 1956-1960 -- Saturday and Holiday Jobs 1958-1964 -- Early '60s Fashion 1958-1965 -- First Boyfriends 1957-1961 -- Wandsworth Council of Youth 1958-1963 -- Home Problems -- Immanuel Church, S.W. 16. 1956-1964 - Part 1 -- Lee Abbey Youth Camp, Lynton, North Devon. 1963-1964 -- Immanuel Church, SW16. 1956-1964 - Part 2 -- General Socialising -- Christian Faith 1961 -- Chapter 6 -- Camberwell School of Art and Crafts, Peckham Road, S.E.5. 1962-1964 -- Streatham Hill, S.W. 2. 1963 -- Barrow Road, S.W.16. 1963-1964 -- Chapter 7 -- Flat 4, 77 Church Hill, Walthamstow, E.17. 1964-1966 -- Appendices 4. 900 Years of Family Celebrations -- South West Essex Technical College and School of Art, E.17. 1964-1966 -- Operation Mobilisation 1965-1967 -- Friends and Family -- St Mary's Church, Church Hill, Walthamstow, E. 17. 1964 -- Coming of Age Celebrations 1966.

Conservation scientists are increasingly focusing on the drivers of human behavior and on the implications of various sources of uncertainty for management decision making. Trophy hunting has been suggested as a conservation tool because it gives economic value to wildlife, but recent examples show that overharvesting is a substantial problem and that data limitations are rife. We use a case study of trophy hunting of an endangered antelope, the mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni), to explore how uncertainties generated by population monitoring and poaching interact with decision making by 2 key stakeholders: the safari companies and the government. We built a management strategy evaluation model that encompasses the population dynamics of mountain nyala, a monitoring model, and a company decision making model. We investigated scenarios of investment into antipoaching and monitoring by governments and safari companies. Harvest strategy was robust to the uncertainty in the population estimates obtained from monitoring, but poaching had a much stronger effect on quota and sustainability. Hence, reducing poaching is in the interests of companies wishing to increase the profitability of their enterprises, for example by engaging community members as game scouts. There is a threshold level of uncertainty in the population estimates beyond which the year-to-year variation in the trophy quota prevented planning by the safari companies. This suggests a role for government in ensuring that a baseline level of population monitoring is carried out such that this level is not exceeded. Our results illustrate the importance of considering the incentives of multiple stakeholders when designing frameworks for resource use and when designing management frameworks to address the particular sources of uncertainty that affect system sustainability most heavily.

Conservation scientists are increasingly focusing on the drivers of human behavior and on the implications of various sources of uncertainty for management decision making. Trophy hunting has been suggested as a conservation tool because it gives economic value to wildlife, but recent examples show that overharvesting is a substantial problem and that data limitations are rife. We use a case study of trophy hunting of an endangered antelope, the mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni), to explore how uncertainties generated by population monitoring and poaching interact with decision making by 2 key stakeholders: the safari companies and the government. We built a management strategy evaluation model that encompasses the population dynamics of mountain nyala, a monitoring model, and a company decision making model. We investigated scenarios of investment into antipoaching and monitoring by governments and safari companies. Harvest strategy was robust to the uncertainty in the population estimates obtained from monitoring, but poaching had a much stronger effect on quota and sustainability. Hence, reducing poaching is in the interests of companies wishing to increase the profitability of their enterprises, for example by engaging community members as game scouts. There is a threshold level of uncertainty in the population estimates beyond which the year-to-year variation in the trophy quota prevented planning by the safari companies. This suggests a role for government in ensuring that a baseline level of population monitoring is carried out such that this level is not exceeded. Our results illustrate the importance of considering the incentives of multiple stakeholders when designing frameworks for resource use and when designing management frameworks to address the particular sources of uncertainty that affect system sustainability most heavily.

"How does it feel to be undefeated for five seasons straight?" asked the soft voice on the line. "It feels great!" I lied. I should have told him how I hated the pressure to win, and I hated staring at the bottom of a pool for four hours a day. That's not the best opening quote to an article, though, so for the time being, it was better to smile and stick with the lie. Katrina Berlin is a freshman and just recently declared Nursing as her major. She is a part of the Women's Club Soccer team at JMU and the Campus Crusade for Christ organization. She spends her summers coaching her local swim team, the Parliament Panthers, in Northern Virginia, which gave her the inspiration for this essay. Katrina worked hard to combine her passion for the subject with secondary research in order to achieve what she hopes is a compelling argument.

Contemporary North Americans hunt wildlife for a variety of reasons, whether to attain game meat, spend time with family and friends, or take part in a form of outdoor recreation. My focus here will be on…trophy hunting…[—]killing wildlife to enhance one's status by appropriating the body parts of dead animals for display as trophies, ostensible evidence of hunting skills.… In the United States, trophy hunting organizations, such as Safari Club International and Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, claim to promote and defend two allegedly deeply rooted Western traditions: The popular practice of "common people" hunting, and the role that hunters and hunting organizations have played in protecting wilderness and wildlife.… These claims perpetuate a mythologized version of the history of Euro-American hunting. Contrary to their image as "true conservationists," many trophy hunting organizations have promoted policies and activities with adverse social consequences, contributing to the environmental degradation they claim to oppose.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.