08/12/2025
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Mark Oliver Liwanag Vergara
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there will be a reckoning ⚖️
Christina Witvrouwen
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$80 million poured into “science-based evidence,” yet the reality looks more like a wildlife soap opera starring trophy hunters in disguise.
Let’s talk about the Safari Club Foundation’s so-called “conservation” dream team — a lineup packed with lobbyists, hunters, and industry insiders who have everything to gain from keeping hunting big game alive and thriving. Want the proof? Their own leadership page reads like a hunter’s hall of fame, not a wildlife protection agency: https://safariclubfoundation.org/directors-and-staff/
Meanwhile, the president of the Safari Club International — the very organization pumping millions into this “science” — was recently photographed proudly holding a rifle next to a lion he killed in Tanzania. Yes, Tanzania: a country where indigenous communities are forcibly displaced to clear the way for “hunting concessions” and trophy safari businesses. Because nothing screams “saving endangered species” like uprooting local people from their ancestral lands so wealthy foreigners can blast majestic animals for sport.
Let’s be crystal clear: this isn’t about saving wildlife. It’s about protecting the business model that turns animals into trophies and people into collateral damage. The so-called “science” they bankroll is just a PR shield — a way to justify the hunting industry’s greed under the guise of conservation.
$80 million might sound impressive. But ask yourself: science based on what evidence? The kind where you kill the very animals you claim to protect? Where human rights are trampled so a few can enjoy their kill photos? Where a foundation’s staff doubles as the hunters’ lobbyists and marketing team?
If this is the future of “conservation,” count me out.
SCI Foundation Directors and Staff Brian Welker, SCIF President Thanks to you and other donors like you, SCI Foundation has funded more than $80 million since 2000 to advance science-based conservation, expand our outdoor education programs and positively impact lives through our humanitarian servic...