Species Use Database

Cape hare
Lepus capensis

Used for Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Keeping/companionship/display and Recreation in Afghanistan

A. Species

Scientific name: Lepus capensis

Common name(s): Cape hare

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern


B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • Afghanistan

Country/Region:


C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: National Level

Name/Details of location: Afghanistan


D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2017

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 and Non-Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Keeping/companionship/display and Recreation

Motivation of use: Basic subsistence, Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual

Is this use legal or illegal?: Illegal under national law and not recorded


F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people and not recorded


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?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

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

No


Record source

Information about the record source: scientific_pub, grey_lit and own_res_data_knowledge

Date of publication/issue/production: 2017-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

Bashari M, Sills E, Peterson MN, Cubbage F. Hunting in Afghanistan: variation in motivations across species. Oryx. 2018;52(3):526-536. doi:10.1017/S0030605316001174

Date of record entry: 2024-06-28


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