A. Species
Scientific name: Panthera pardus
Common name(s): Leopard
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Vulnerable
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Zambia
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: Zambia
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2011
End Year: 2017
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Collection/display and Recreation
Motivation of use: Largescale commercial exploitation for trade and Recreational
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Non-local External, National / local government and National / local private sector
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: CITES DNF Report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: No countrywide estimate of the leopard population in Zambia has been made. However, given the extent of leopard range in the country and assuming a conservatively low overall density of between one and two leopards per 100 km2the overall country population is likely to exceed between 2,000 and 4,000 leopards.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: CITES NDF Report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: For the pre-ban period (2010 – 2012) leopard revenues averaged 7 - 11% of all revenues from animal fees and 5 - 8% of the total income during the pre-ban, when total game hunting revenues (all species) were c. USD 3M / yr.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: CITES NDF Report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Zambia's strategy mission is to galvanize stakeholder cooperation in the conservation and management of large carnivores in their natural habitats in the country thereby contributing to biodiversity conservation, socio-economic development and spiritual well-being of local communities, the general public and the country as a whole, Broadly, game hunting in Zambia: Creates of employment Provides financial support to law enforcement Facilitates provision of Health care and Education Promotes infrastructure development (mostly through bush road construction and maintenance) Assists with fire management Provision of bushmeat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
1. No hunting of female leopard 2. No hunting of any leopard born or held in captivity; 3. No use of pre-recorded sounds in leopard hunting; 4. No leopard hunting on fenced game ranches; 5. Leopard will only be hunted in Prime and Secondary areas and Open Game Ranches known to be rich in leopard and prey. 6. Establish a central place for trophy measurements and ageing of hunted leopards for exports
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS & WILDLIFE
2018
Date of record entry: 2023-09-15