Literally as this issue was going to press, The Hunting Report learned that Namibia had completed the long-awaited auction of its government hunting concessions. Continuing subscribers know the Namibian government has put off the auctioning of these areas since 2005. This past December, you’ll remember the Namibian Ministry of Environment had again scheduled and then abruptly cancelled the auction once more. Well, it has finally happened. On April 22, 2009, the ministry held the auction and reportedly nine concessions went to several safari companies registered with the Namibia Tourism Board and the Ministry of Environment.....
