Encounters: Texan Safari Was: American Safari

Record ID: 120483
  • Title: Encounters: Texan Safari Was: American Safari
  • Date: 18th June 1995
  • Summary: AMERICAN HUNTERS, PARTICULARLY TEXANS, HAVE DOMINATED THE CLIENTELE OF BIG GAME SAFARIS IN AFRICA. BACK HOME ON THEIR HUGE RANCHES, SOME SAFARI VETERANS ARE NOW BREEDING AFRICAN ANIMALS AND OFFERING THESE "EXOTICS", AT A PRICE, TO TROPHY HUNTERS. iN SEVRAL CASES THE ANIMALS ARE ENDANGERED SPECIES, PROTECTED OR EVEN EXTINCT IN THEIR NATIVE HABITATS ONLY IN TEXAS CAN SUCH ANIMALS BE HUNTED IN WHAT ARE OFTEN CLAIMED TO BE FAIR CHASE CONDITIONS AND SAFARI STYLE. THE FILM GOES ON SAFARI IN TEXAS AMONG THE RANCHERS AND HUNTERS WHO BELIEVE THAT THE EXOTICS BUSINESS IS A LEGITIMATE COMBINATION OF HUNTING AND CONSERVATION. THE TEXANS SAY THAT ANIMALS WILL NOT SURVIVE UNLESS THEY HAVE AN ECONOMIC VALUE. DOES THIS MEAN THAT EVERY ANIMAL EVEN IN AFRICA MUST HAVE A PRICE ON ITS HEAD AND A PLACE BOOKED ON A TROPHY HUNTERS WALL?
  • Description:ENCOUNTERS EXPLORES AN EXCLUSIVE TEXAN PHENOMENON - A BIG GAME CLUB WHOSE MEMBERS CLAIM TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:VOLCANO FILMS LTD
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:18/06/1995
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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