CIC Magazine 2019/2 – English version

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Maria Grzywińska and Soňa Chovanová Supeková international community behaves when it comes to the sustainable use of wildlife, with a particular focus on sustainable hunting at the Conference of the Parties of CITES (CITES CoP). “The lack of cooperation between hunting organizations and the lack of joint action is therefore unfortunate and difficult to understand to say the least. Maybe it is time for women to take the lead on this. Another negative factor for the acceptance of in particular trophy hunting is by the way the behavior of hunters themselves, who publish selfies in Instagram, Facebook and the like, behind an elephant, lion, or giraffe for example, with one foot on the animal showing off their triumph. The CIC’s policy is, by the way, against this kind of publicity which does hunting no good.” – Willem Wijnstekers.

Beatrix Bán, CIC Member, Vice President of the Hungarian Association of Hunting Culture gave a presentation about their efforts to get the UNESCO recognition for hunting in Hungary.

Mrs. Aleksandra Matulewska, AMU Professor Dr. Hab. PhD, gave an interesting presentation based on a research paper entitled “Cyberbullying of hunters in social media in Poland”, which focused on cyberbullying and its 20


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