Conservation: Building a Coalition Between Hunters & Non-hunters
Are hunting and non-hunting conservation organizations not aligning for a more powerful collaboration because they are afraid of less individual prominence resulting or because they have misconceptions about the divergence of their historic roots? A shared interest in the welfare of wildlife populations and the protection of wild places should motivate both sides to unite. Fragmentation has weakened this movement unnecessarily, with hunting as a key point of fracture. Conservation started as a broad coalition and must return to that mindset to survive.