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Article: A royal challenge: the first modern-day trophy hunt in Ghana.(Reports Afield)
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- May 1, 2009
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On February 12, the first Ghana hunting licenses were issued by Nana Kofi Adu-Nsiah, executive director of the Ghanaian Forestry Commission (Wildlife Division), to safari outfitter Steve Kobrine, professional hunter Ian "Tweek" Roodt, Katharina Hecker (daughter of Anno Hecker, the author of Cest l'Afrique), and me. The first trophy hunting safari in living memory in Ghana was about to begin and we had licenses for royal antelope, black and Maxwell duikers, harnessed bushbuck, and brush-tailed porcupine.
Adowa (pronounced addwah) is the Ghanaian name for royal antelope, the smallest antelope in Africa. Only four of these 10- to 12-inch-high antelopes, ...
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... ... period where most wild animals particularly mammals such as Duiker, Bush pig, Honey badger, pangolins, porcupines and Royal antelope to mention a few are been followed by young. "It is therefore imperative that the animals are given a respite from hunting ...
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