Peake said in an interview that the 2014 hunting moratorium in Botswana has decimated the local hunting industry. She said even more worrying for them is lobby in Europe and America for ban of wildlife trophies, as this would add to their demise.
Peake is also the director of Mochaba Development, a company that provides full tanning, taxidermy services, export and shipping service for unprocessed wildlife skins and skulls. The company started in 1987 as Safari Services (Pty) and changed name to Mochaba Developments in 1998. They started their business servicing hunting companies such as Hunters Africa/Bird Safaris and by providing value added business such as taxidermy. Peak expressed concern that there is an ongoing lobby in the EU to ban import of hunting trophies. She said although the proposal by certain EU parliament members to ban trophy imports was rejected, another proposal might be on the cards. She said currently, the proposal covers trophies that are CITES-listed species: elephants, lions, leopards and rhinos. She said although the proposal cannot affect Botswana game farmers and related businesses, the spin off effects of the ban, if introduced could impose specific and punitive import requirements to exporting countries such as Botswana.
