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

Michael J.  Somers; Michele Walters; John Measey; W. Maartin Strauss; Andrew A. Turner; Jan A. Venter; Lizanne Nel; Graham I.H. Kerley; W. Andrew Taylor; Yoshan Moodley

doi:10.17159/sajs.2020/7724

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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/7724

Keywords:

game breeding, conservation, wildlife economy, environmental law, extralimital

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Published

2020-01-29

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Vol. 116 No. 1/2 (2020)

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News and Views

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Somers, M. J. ., Walters, M., Measey, J., Strauss, W. M., Turner, A. A., Venter, J. A., Nel, L., Kerley, G. I., Taylor, W. A., & Moodley, Y. (2020). The implications of the reclassification of South African wildlife species as farm animals. South African Journal of Science, 116(1/2). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/7724