Cinegética hunting show 2026
The 2026 Cinegética hunting show in Madrid reports record attendances. More than 40,000 people came to the show, which included large numbers of hunting outfitters,
The 2026 Cinegética hunting show in Madrid reports record attendances. More than 40,000 people came to the show, which included large numbers of hunting outfitters,
youtu.be/aTUed2IvIY0 What’s it like reintroducing a large predator to the wild? One person with firsthand experience is Maria Davidson, who manages the large carnivore programme
The SCI Convention 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee, shows off all that’s best and biggest in hunting, sporting guns and taxidermy. A major theme this year
The USA makes great guns. When it comes to some shooting sports, such as wingshooting and the African big five, Americans are irresistibly drawn to
Different deer – different techniques: hunting roebuck in the UK is different to hunting whitetail in the USA. Brian Pitell and Ashley Frederick from Safari
Hunters are tolerant. Anti-hunters are not. How do you mediate with the intolerant? At CIC’s 71st annual congress, held in Doha, Qatar, some say look
African government officials are lining up to criticise the UK government for its plan to ban trophy imports. They say that the move is colonial,
The SCI annual convention in Nashville is THE place to buy and sell hunting and shooting. At the 2025 event, British sporting agents are there
Douglas Cockcroft went from hunting guide to founder of South Africa’s most impressive taxidermy business, Splitting Image Taxidermy, based in Port Elizabeth and operating all
The Westminster government wants to ban hunting trophy imports – but technology has overtaken MPs. Charlie visits Splitting Image Taxidermy in South Africa to look
There have been several failed attempts to push through a trophy import ban – and now, as we approach the 2024 election, both Conservatives and
Canada and Belgium have brought in partial bans on trophy imports, and the UK and France are talking about it. Despite the damage they are
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J_u_U8ybaY Tristan Breijer from the European hunting lobbying group FACE sets out the problems facing antis from Europe who want to ban hunting in African
Baby rhino update, from Rockwood – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 81 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJN2EQytQLs In 2022, rangers at Rockwood Conservation in South Africa brought in a frightened, sick
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZz1QdPKvCQ US wildlife organisation African Parks (president: Prince Harry) plans to release 2,000 southern white rhino into wildlife parks across Africa. Stephen Palos from SUCO
youtu.be/lVO7F7MULUo by Charlie Jacoby Big African animals from a dozen species browsing next to each other on green savannah. It’s a scene that the British
youtu.be/NbW3UMIHwGU With children dying every week from an epidemic of human-wildlife conflict, the government of India knows it has to tackle the problem. It has
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0jgoyrSzxs With tiger and leopard attacks on country people out of control, a wildlife conference in India has introduced the topic of hunting tigers. More
youtu.be/aRMt2xqTmwQ by Deborah Hadfield Elephants are big, beautiful but bad neighbours. In southern Africa, local people know how dangerous they can be. Award-winning author Sue
Trophy photos action Has a newspaper or other organisation used photographs, without your permission, of you hunting? You might not be able to get them
youtu.be/EQdeeMsyHEg by Deborah Hadfield Bill Wiggin MP is leading the opposition to a private members’ bill by MP Henry Smith to ban the import of
youtu.be/Wg_zdppx9eg by Deborah Hadfield Would you like a lion in your living room? You won’t be breaking any laws if you do – not even
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6blO_hSfhOs by Charlie Jacoby In the wild Northern Cape of South Africa, professional hunter Ben-Mari du Plessis is doing all she can to keep her
Here’s our rundown of the insurance offer from the top 12 shooting organisations you can join in the UK (full annual membership price in brackets):
by Deborah Hadfield Shooters say Boris Johnson and Lord Zac Goldsmith are being sneaky about trying to introduce a ban on the import and export
youtu.be/CtvSfaxuAxA by Deborah Hadfield A rare auction of taxidermy items including endangered animals spotlights the issue of hunting tourism. It begs the question: are trophies
youtu.be/IdSBQzMpaWE As Lord Zac Goldsmith tries to push through a ban on trophy imports to the UK, which would effectively be a ban on hunting
Lord Zac Goldsmith wants to ban trophy imports to the UK because he thinks it will help wildlife. He could not be more wrong, as
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmoHfhpWUEo Here are the links: Animal rights extremist switches sides over trophy hunting – Twitter Police fail UK shooters over gun certificates – Fieldsports News
The Tory politician pushing through the ban on trophy imports admits it is not in the Government’s timetable. Fears among animal rights extremists that a
DEFRA secretary George Eustice has put out a joint press release with animal rights extremists. Marking a lurch to the animal rights agenda in government,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcruzbbhQAo In early November 2021, antis had their day in front of MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. The Government in England
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOR6efUAxHoWhen The Times newspaper decided to print its latest angry article about people going hunting, two of the people it planned to feature contacted Fieldsports Channel for
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgCju1VxT5I TV presenter Piers Morgan ‘buggered up’ a chance to explain elephant management. While at the Good Morning Britain programme, he interviewed South African elephant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrGVrFBsIuQ by Ben O’Rourke “What people don’t understand about the elephant situation is this,” says Ron Thomson, sharing an experience from his decades of wildlife
“It’s a big fight, we are into this for the next two, three, four, five years. I can see that we’ll have to litigate because
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMDT0MhTP_I The government in England wants to bring in laws making it illegal to cause distress to various animals in a range of different circumstances.
Africa is no stranger to Western bullying, with green policies that deny development or pressure from animal rights groups to stop big game hunting. Namibia
South Africa’s wildlife management associations have joined forces so they have the clout to fight threats to their conservation work from foreign governments. They’re calling
Prince Philip’s death at 99, announced today by Buckingham Palace, brings to a close the life of a great countryman. A keen gameshot throughout his