Hunting for Sport Isn't As Good As It is Made to Be  Originally
published on December 12, 2006 in The East African Standard
(Nairobi) as an OP-ED.  By James Isiche
South_africa_hunting_webA zebra skin is hung for sale at an
open-air market in Cape Town, South Africa.  Few weeks ago,
columnist Dr Imre Loefler called for the exclusion of NGOs from
the ongoing wildlife policy review talks.  This was a baffling
and shocking turn-around. Last year, while still at the helm of
an NGO, the East African Wildlife Society, Loefler set up a
think tank comprising "experts", Government representatives,
landowners and non-governmental organisations.  In the same
year, Loefler, who was the think tank's self-appointed chair,
announced in the Society's magazine, Swara, which he used to
propagate his ideologies, that its recommendations had been
forwarded to the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife for evaluation
and preparation of a sessional paper. This, he said, would "form
the basis of discussion in amending Kenya's Wildlife