Animals as Trophies: The Horror Show in Dortmund
On 23 June 2023, the Italian media company Kodami published a video of its independent undercover investigation at "Jagd & Hund", Europe's largest hunting trade fair, held from 24 to 29 January in Dortmund, offering yet another shocking glimpse behind the scenes of an industry currently under intense political scrutiny across Europe, as several member states consider banning the trophy trade.
Europe's Largest Hunting Trade Fair
Europe's largest hunting trade fair takes place every year in Dortmund. Kodami investigated how trophy hunts are marketed. Children are frequently present and featured in promotional materials. The killing of animals for pleasure is normalised for children.
Up to 65’000 dollars for a lion
Trophy prices reach up to 65’000 dollars for wild lions and 35’000 dollars for leopards. In 2014, a hunt for a black rhinoceros was auctioned off for 400’000 dollars. More on the topic of species conservation, animal rights and recreational hunting.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In our dossiers on the criticism of recreational hunting gather fact-checks, analyses and background reports. What the research says about this is shown by Hunting fact-checked: the state of research.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
