People often ask me why so much of what I post is about trophy hunting, rather than other topics to do with #lions & #conservation. So a short thread on why I engage heavily with this issue - much as I would rather not! (1/n) Firstly - and sadly, it is the 'threat' that gets far & away the most media attention, despite being one of the lowest-ranked threats to lions according to experts, & the fact it can also have clear benefits, esp habitat conservation. So stressing facts really matters here (2/n)

Indeed, appalling that @ZacGoldsmith stated on R4 that he had seen no evidence of #conservation benefits of #TrophyHunting. We at @LionLandscapes submitted peer-reviewed examples through the Call for Evidence - was that ignored? Sure @AdamHartScience & others also provided plenty

https://twitter.com/dilysroe/status/1476970198762770434

@ZacGoldsmith either you didn't read the evidence submitted, or are sharing #misinformation based on a personal ideology - either option is shocking. Here is our submitted evidence again, perhaps others could weigh in & reshare theirs too, so you have it? lionlandscapes.org/post/lion-land…

A thread on Twitter abuse....when I spoke up in Science, with many colleagues, about the #conservation risks of banning trophy hunting (TH) without better options ready, I was totally naive about the backlash, especially on social media. Instructive to look at a little of it 1/12 There are common themes - the first is that anyone who speaks up must be corrupt. I had media coverage of our 0.8% of historic funding from TH orgs - hugely outweighed by funding from groups against TH, but why let truth get in the way of a good story? 2/12