The implications of the reclassification of South African wildlife species as farm animals

Authors

• Michael J. Somers Eugène Marais Chair of Wildlife Management, Mammal Research Institute, Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5836-8823
• Michele Walters Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8302-3408
• John Measey Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9939-7615
• W. Maartin Strauss Department of Environmental Science, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3087-1937
• Andrew A. Turner 1. CapeNature Biodiversity Capabilities, Cape Town, South Africa; 2. Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1004-5723
• Jan A. Venter School of Natural Resource Management, George Campus, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4548-2571
• Lizanne Nel South African Hunters and Game Conservation Association, Pretoria, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0502-3132
• Graham I.H. Kerley Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2702-5200
• W. Andrew Taylor Endangered Wildlife Trust, Johannesburg, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2896-5168
• Yoshan Moodley Department of Zoology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4216-2924