Overview
- The six-day hunting and outdoor fair runs January 27 to February 1 with more than 700 exhibitors from 36 countries and tens of thousands of visitors expected.
- On opening day, PETA staged a blood tableau outside the North entrance to denounce stands promoting paid trophy-hunting trips.
- Reporters documented price-listed packages for elephant hunts in Zimbabwe, and PETA cites listed costs for lion and polar bear expeditions, which animal and conservation groups want banned.
- City and venue officials state they will not bar legal offers and emphasize the show’s economic importance to Dortmund.
- Hunting representatives, including Namibia’s professional association NAPA, argue regulated trophy hunting supports conservation and local communities, as organizers tout a packed program and record German hunter numbers published this week.