Attie Heunis's Journey

The ramblings of a Caucasian African American

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Originally from South Africa’s magnificent Eastern Cape, my family and I now reside in Pennsylvania in the United States. To earn my keep I’m an executive for a multinational company in the Healthcare sector. I’m also a serious amateur photographer. Pro-environmental and conservation views.

Category: Nature

  • Trophy hunting sucks: my published letter

    I’ve just found out that a letter I wrote has been published in the African Geographic. This is a glossy, but very good magazine pushing eco-tourism in Africa. I wrote in response to a Professional Hunter (PH) that suggested that responsible Canned Lion Hunting might not be such a bad idea. My letter said: I…

  • Kew Gardens

    We have been threatening for a while to visit Kew Gardens, so today we finally made the effort. And it was worth it! The gardens are huge and really beautiful. Obviously the autumn shades make the gardens even more spectacular. Dale Chihuly currently has a “Gardens of Glass” exhibition on display throughout the gardens as…

  • WWF Walk for Wildlife

    We have just come back from our Walk for Wildlife sponsored hike. It was a gorgeous day and it was only 5 miles around the Thames and Richmond Park. It is such a beautiful part of London you shouldn’t really need an excuse to do this walk. Each year the WWF choose an animal as…

  • Lion hunting debate starting in South Africa

    A while back I wrote about the negative aspects of trophy hunting in Africa. Well the South-African government is trying to make some decisions around specifically lion hunting. They have invited the public to give their input as well. If you read my previous blog, you will now that I am very much against the…

  • Hunting is BAD for Africa and BAD for conservation.

    There was a superb documentary on good old BBC this weekend about the future of lions. I mostly agreed with their ideas and views. The one thing that, although they didn’t endorse, they didn’t challenge was that hunting helps conservation. They had this big game hunter explaining why hunting helps conservation. I couldn’t disagree more…

  • My Best Photos

    Check out my best photos. All except the Mt Kilimanjaro and the Buffalo were taken with a Nikon D70 (Digital). The Kenyan head mask was taken with my new Tamron macro lens. This is an awesome piece of equipment. I’ll have some more macro images on here shortly.