Editing Common tsessebe (section)

==Uses==
Excess tsessebe can be bought from [[South African National Parks]] via [[Trophy hunting#Game auctions|game auctions]] under Section 55(2) (b) of the Protected Areas Act 57 of 2003.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--not stated--> |date=2016 |title=17/3/1/1/1 Kimberley Wildlife Sales 2016 –KWS-007-2016 Offer to Purchase |url=https://www.sanparks.org/docs/groups_tenders/2016/kimberly-wildlife-sale/offer-to-purchase.pdf |location=Kimberley |publisher=[[South African National Parks]] |access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>

Legally, tsessebe may be [[Trophy hunting|trophy hunted]] in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, in the some of these countries in game management concessions, in others in game ranches and in some in both.<ref name=Watson2021>{{cite web |url=https://brucewatsonsafaris.com/hunting/trophy-animals/tsessebe-hunting/ |title=Tsessebe Hunting |last1=Watson |first1=Bruce |last2=Schultz |first2=Dawn |date=2021 |publisher=Bruce Watson Safaris |access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=hunting>{{cite web |url=https://www.bookyourhunt.com/en/tsessebe-hunting |title=Tsessebe hunting |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2021 |website=Book Your Hunt |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref>

Tsessebe hides were formerly (1840) locally much in demand in South Africa to make a garment called a ''kobo'', a type of leather mantle, both for the suppleness and the pleasing colour. The tail would be positioned at the back of the neck, like a ponytail, and would be opened and squeezed flat.<ref name=Sclater1895/>