The Namibia Professional Hunting Association (Napha) has publicly emphasised the need to distinguish between illegal and ethical practices related to leopard hunting but has not clearly condemned the illegal activities that are being exposed by the media as well as being investigated by law enforcement and prosecuted in the courts. Behind the scenes, parts of the trophy sector are lobbying to legalise hunting with dogs and hunting at night. This is highly disingenuous, and could be interpreted as an admission of guilt, and an attempt to absolve that guilt by having the illicit activities legalised. Clearly, these practices are much more widespread than the industry would like to admit, otherwise, there should be no need to attempt to legitimise them. Out in the bush, some operators obviously feel they are a law unto themselves. In the past, a group within the hunting sector attempted to legitimise the introduction of exotic trophy animals, by arguing that all game indigenous to southern Africa should be considered indigenous to Namibia. At the time, enough well-established hunting operators opposed attempts to make this official Napha policy. The practice of introducing exotic species, and selectively breeding colour variants and exceptional trophies, has nonetheless crept insidiously into wide acceptance within the sector. Game-proof fences to keep in valuable trophies, species far from their natural habitats (e.g., blesbok, waterbuck) and colour variants (e.g., black springbok, golden oryx) have become widespread across much of Namibia’s freehold land.