Proc Biol Sci February 2024 PMID 38351797

Public perceptions of trophy hunting are pragmatic, not dogmatic.

Darragh Hare, Amy J Dickman, Paul J Johnson, Betty J Rono, Yolanda Mutinhima, Chris Sutherland, Salum Kulunge, Lovemore Sibanda, Lessah Mandoloma, David Kimaili

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What people are saying

The social discussions reflect a strong agreement with the publication's findings, with participants expressing appreciation for the nuanced understanding of public perceptions, using words like 'pragmatic,' 'refreshing,' and 'hope.' The tone and content show that commenters are deeply engaged, citing research details and discussing the implications for conservation and local communities, indicating the publication encourages meaningful dialogue and could shape future perceptions and policies.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most discussions support the article's conclusion that public perceptions are pragmatic, evidenced by phrases like 'public perceptions are pragmatic' and expressions of approval like 'well done.'

InterestHigh interest

Participants show high interest by referencing specific research details, suggesting they are engaged with the nuances of the findings.

EngagementHigh engagement

Many comments analyze the implications and commend the research team, indicating deep involvement with the topic, such as notes on the nuanced views and potential future research.

ImpactHigh impact

The discussions highlight that the publication influences perceptions about trophy hunting, emphasizing its complexity and calling for further study, demonstrating significant impact.

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Amy Dickman
@AmyDickman4 · X

Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as binary & polarised as depicted by many lobby groups, views towards #trophyhunting tend to be quite pragmatic & nuanced https://t.co/A0nAbKxiNS

Feb 15, 2024 · 75 likes · 21 shares · 6,170 followers View post →
Corpo
@CorpoSacrifice · X

@hakon_hovind @LottieBigTiddie @MrYGuy2 https://t.co/02oFJJJDwl You could take the time to read this study and find the answers your looking for on favourability of trophy hunting compared to hunting for meat and conservation. You can find the answers in graphs in the “results” section if you don’t read too well

Jun 19, 2024 · 48 likes · 58 followers View post →
WildCRU, Oxford
@WildCRU_Ox · X

New animation summarising @mcc_project research on international public perceptions of #trophy #hunting in sub-Saharan #Africa.

Oct 9, 2024 · 21 likes · 9 shares · 8,366 followers View post →
Catherine Semcer
@CatherineSemcer · X

What I find most refreshing about this paper’s findings is the indication that the public has at least some grasp of the complexities of conservation. There may be some hope yet. Well done @AmyDickman4 , @darraghhare & their coauthors. https://t.co/6bK8qTlDjZ

Feb 15, 2024 · 19 likes · 3 shares · 1,803 followers View post →
WildCRU, Oxford
@WildCRU_Ox · X

Overall, trophy hunting is seen as more acceptable when it provides tangible benefits for people living in rural areas of sub-Saharan #Africa. See https://t.co/ZbPIgU85DU

Feb 16, 2024 · 7 likes · 1 share · 8,366 followers View post →
Amy Dickman
@AmyDickman4 · X

@elisetempelhoff It may be unacceptable to you - what if others (especially the communities who use it) have different views on acceptability? Surely it should be up to them to decide, not you to decide for them? https://t.co/QNneAR3mDS

Apr 30, 2024 · 7 likes · 3 shares · 6,170 followers View post →

All mentions

Public Perceptions of Trophy Hunting in Africa

This video summarizes research on public perceptions regarding trophy hunting in Africa. It highlights how opinions vary based on the region, such as the UK, US, and South Africa, and examines the economic benefits of…

WildCRU · Oct 1, 2024 155 views

Understanding Pragmatic Views on Trophy Hunting

This video explores the pragmatic perceptions of trophy hunting and its implications in conservation. It discusses various perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa and highlights the ongoing debates around ethical hunting…

WildCRU · Oct 8, 2024 152 views
Ritam Dutta
@Ritam_thoughts · X

RT @WildCRU_Ox: New animation summarising @mcc_project research on international public perceptions of #trophy #hunting in sub-Saharan #Afr…

Oct 13, 2024 · 9 shares · 23 followers View post →
Chris Sutherland
@chrissuthy · X

RT @WildCRU_Ox: New animation summarising @mcc_project research on international public perceptions of #trophy #hunting in sub-Saharan #Afr…

Oct 11, 2024 · 9 shares · 3,007 followers View post →
Gesellschaft für Wildtier- und Jagdforschung
@GWJFsocial · X

RT @WildCRU_Ox: New animation summarising @mcc_project research on international public perceptions of #trophy #hunting in sub-Saharan #Afr…

Oct 11, 2024 · 9 shares · 94 followers View post →
Francis Vorhies
@FrancisVorhies · X

RT @WildCRU_Ox: New animation summarising @mcc_project research on international public perceptions of #trophy #hunting in sub-Saharan #Afr…

Oct 10, 2024 · 9 shares · 238 followers View post →
African Wildlife Economy Institute
@WildlifeEconomy · X

RT @WildCRU_Ox: New animation summarising @mcc_project research on international public perceptions of #trophy #hunting in sub-Saharan #Afr…

Oct 10, 2024 · 9 shares · 1,448 followers View post →
Catherine Semcer
@CatherineSemcer · X

RT @WildCRU_Ox: New animation summarising @mcc_project research on international public perceptions of #trophy #hunting in sub-Saharan #Afr…

Oct 9, 2024 · 9 shares · 1,803 followers View post →
Nikolaj Bichel
@Nikolaj_Bi · X

RT @WildCRU_Ox: New animation summarising @mcc_project research on international public perceptions of #trophy #hunting in sub-Saharan #Afr…

Oct 9, 2024 · 9 shares · 2,270 followers View post →
Thomas Embleton 421a
@Thomas977673521 · X

RT @WildCRU_Ox: New animation summarising @mcc_project research on international public perceptions of #trophy #hunting in sub-Saharan #Afr…

Oct 9, 2024 · 9 shares · 1,125 followers View post →
Yolanda Mutinhima
@tinevimboylanda · X

RT @WildCRU_Ox: New animation summarising @mcc_project research on international public perceptions of #trophy #hunting in sub-Saharan #Afr…

Oct 9, 2024 · 9 shares · 51 followers View post →
WildCRU, Oxford
@WildCRU_Ox · X

New animation summarising @mcc_project research on international public perceptions of #trophy #hunting in sub-Saharan #Africa.

Oct 9, 2024 · 21 likes · 9 shares · 8,366 followers View post →
Corpo
@CorpoSacrifice · X

@hakon_hovind @LottieBigTiddie @MrYGuy2 https://t.co/02oFJJJDwl You could take the time to read this study and find the answers your looking for on favourability of trophy hunting compared to hunting for meat and conservation. You can find the answers in graphs in the “results” section if you don’t read too well

Jun 19, 2024 · 48 likes · 58 followers View post →
Tom Opre
@tomopre · X

RT @AmyDickman4: @elisetempelhoff It may be unacceptable to you - what if others (especially the communities who use it) have different vie…

May 1, 2024 · 3 shares · 438 followers View post →
Will Owen
@WilliamJohnOwen · X

RT @AmyDickman4: @elisetempelhoff It may be unacceptable to you - what if others (especially the communities who use it) have different vie…

May 1, 2024 · 3 shares · 393 followers View post →
Keith Somerville
@KSAfricaHack · X

RT @AmyDickman4: @elisetempelhoff It may be unacceptable to you - what if others (especially the communities who use it) have different vie…

May 1, 2024 · 3 shares · 1,981 followers View post →
Amy Dickman
@AmyDickman4 · X

@elisetempelhoff It may be unacceptable to you - what if others (especially the communities who use it) have different views on acceptability? Surely it should be up to them to decide, not you to decide for them? https://t.co/QNneAR3mDS

Apr 30, 2024 · 7 likes · 3 shares · 6,170 followers View post →
Amy Dickman
@AmyDickman4 · X

@LeonardOmullo @Oleshangay @rush93_KE @ste_kenya Hopefully they meet your standards - they will be along the lines of this kind of analysis, though done in person not online https://t.co/foMawv0rx9

Apr 4, 2024 · 6,170 followers View post →
Rhodes University
@Rhodes_Uni · X

RT @RhodesResearch: #RUZoo Public perceptions of trophy hunting are pragmatic, not dogmatic https://t.co/6nZ7IljwhC

Mar 8, 2024 · 1 share · 15,272 followers View post →
RhodesResearch
@RhodesResearch · X

#RUZoo Public perceptions of trophy hunting are pragmatic, not dogmatic https://t.co/6nZ7IljwhC

Mar 7, 2024 · 1 share · 1,732 followers View post →
Royal Society Publishing
@RSocPublishing · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 19, 2024 · 21 shares · 38,708 followers View post →
Tom Opre
@tomopre · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 18, 2024 · 21 shares · 438 followers View post →
Will Owen
@WilliamJohnOwen · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 17, 2024 · 21 shares · 393 followers View post →
Prof Adam Hart
@AdamHartScience · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 16, 2024 · 21 shares · 12,458 followers View post →
simon lamb
@Junglenomics · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 16, 2024 · 21 shares · 381 followers View post →
Dan Challender
@DanChallender · X

RT @CatherineSemcer: What I find most refreshing about this paper’s findings is the indication that the public has at least some grasp of t…

Feb 16, 2024 · 3 shares · 3,021 followers View post →
Tony Bynum
@TonyBynum · X

RT @CatherineSemcer: What I find most refreshing about this paper’s findings is the indication that the public has at least some grasp of t…

Feb 16, 2024 · 3 shares · 11,286 followers View post →
Hunting Photography
@HuntPhotos · X

RT @CatherineSemcer: What I find most refreshing about this paper’s findings is the indication that the public has at least some grasp of t…

Feb 16, 2024 · 3 shares · 1,402 followers View post →
Rosie Stewart-Stent
@RosemaryStewar1 · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 16, 2024 · 21 shares · 856 followers View post →
Sumeet Gulati
@sgulati · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 16, 2024 · 21 shares · 1,801 followers View post →
Gesellschaft für Wildtier- und Jagdforschung
@GWJFsocial · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 16, 2024 · 21 shares · 94 followers View post →
WildCRU, Oxford
@WildCRU_Ox · X

Overall, trophy hunting is seen as more acceptable when it provides tangible benefits for people living in rural areas of sub-Saharan #Africa. See https://t.co/ZbPIgU85DU

Feb 16, 2024 · 7 likes · 1 share · 8,366 followers View post →
Shepherds of Wildlife Society
@wildshepherds · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 1,011 followers View post →
Catherine Semcer
@CatherineSemcer · X

What I find most refreshing about this paper’s findings is the indication that the public has at least some grasp of the complexities of conservation. There may be some hope yet. Well done @AmyDickman4 , @darraghhare & their coauthors. https://t.co/6bK8qTlDjZ

Feb 15, 2024 · 19 likes · 3 shares · 1,803 followers View post →
The Origins Foundation
@the_origins_fdn · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 754 followers View post →
Dantonio
@Daniel_A_Villar · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 1,031 followers View post →
Austin Farley
@AustinFarle · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 392 followers View post →
Nikolaj Bichel
@Nikolaj_Bi · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 2,270 followers View post →
Chris Sutherland
@chrissuthy · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 3,007 followers View post →
Dan Challender
@DanChallender · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 3,021 followers View post →
Peter Jones
@PJSJones · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 1,335 followers View post →
Matthew Grainger
@Ed_pheasant · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 2,576 followers View post →
Petra Lackova
@petulela · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 260 followers View post →
Prof Tom Cameron
@ecoevoenviro · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 3,342 followers View post →
Thomas Embleton 421a
@Thomas977673521 · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 1,125 followers View post →
Hany Tatwany هاني تطواني
@HTatwany · X

RT @AmyDickman4: Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as…

Feb 15, 2024 · 21 shares · 1,075 followers View post →
Amy Dickman
@AmyDickman4 · X

Wonderful to have this paper out led by @darraghhare and with a team of fantastic authors. It shows that far from being as binary & polarised as depicted by many lobby groups, views towards #trophyhunting tend to be quite pragmatic & nuanced https://t.co/A0nAbKxiNS

Feb 15, 2024 · 75 likes · 21 shares · 6,170 followers View post →
Resource Africa
@africa_resource · X

As the authors conclude, it would be great to repeat the survey among rural Africans! Link to the full paper here: https://t.co/OOZBQe0bqj END

Feb 15, 2024 · 1 like · 1,416 followers View post →
Royal Society Publishing
@RSocPublishing · X

#ProcB Public #perceptions of trophy hunting are pragmatic, not dogmatic #OpenAccess #Ecology https://t.co/jjXMXDQsUU #Conservation #gtoe2024 @WildCRU_Ox https://t.co/4j8ysz2KxK

Feb 15, 2024 · 3 likes · 38,708 followers View post →
Betty Rono
@rono379 · X

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