African Trophy-Hunting Meta-Analysis Finds Habitat Gains in 92% of Cases as Europe Weighs Import Bans

Effects on hunted-species age and sex ratios were more often negative even when populations were stable or growing, so the study is not a blank check. UK and EU legislative clocks, plus any U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service import-permitting knock-ons, will show whether policymakers use the review or ignore it. Standards language is the practical next ask from the authors.