Life after Cecil: channelling global outrage into funding for conservation in Africa

Conservation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 296-301

  Lindsey, Peter A ^a,b   Balme, Guy A ^a,c   Funston, Paul J ^a   Henschel, Philipp H ^a   Hunter, Luke T B ^a,d  

^a PANTHERA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; bushmeat; poaching; sustainable use; trophy hunting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954290333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12224     Document Type: Article

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