By Hank’s Voice People have trapped animals in various ways for centuries, primarily for food, furs, and pest control. One form, snaring, is an ancient technique depicted in cave drawings thousands of years old, and steel traps were first mentioned in late 16th-century literature. Trapping was also a chief
What do you do when your game ranching business is not big enough to fund a full-time anti-poaching team and the poaching problem threatens your livelihood? Kobus Venter from Northern KwaZulu/Natal in South Africa runs a successful game ranch and abattoir which supplies game meat across the province. Poaching
How valuable are horses in anti-poaching operations? Alison Baker heads up the self-funded Independent Mounted Patrol Initiative (IMPI) out of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. IMPI works with like-minded conservation groups across the region, such as Guides Against Poaching, to combat poaching. The burgeoning town of Victoria Falls has provided poachers
By Raquel Reguera The safari hunting industry is changing. I recently had dinner with an old friend, a big outfitter today, and we joked about it. When we both started (almost at the same time, more than 25 years ago), we mostly showed photos of the big trophies taken; now,
Editorial The 30/30 Biodiversity Plan, initially proposed by the Campaign for Nature, is a response to the global decline of biodiversity, which threatens the well-being of both wildlife and human communities. About 17% of the planet's land and roughly 8% of its oceans are protected. READ NOW
The program directors, Vaughan Whitehead-Wilson and Gibson Ncube explain the stock replacement system in this second episode. Instead of paying cash for livestock loss to predators such as a leopard, the program replaces the animal with a similar-aged one. This program has enormous potential to protect not only predators in
By Jon Peterson In rural Africa, the responsibility for wildlife conservation frequently falls on local hunting safari operators. Through their efforts, essentials like anti-poaching operations and community services are provided. In this spirit, the African Wildlife Conservation Coalition was created as a non-profit organization in the United States to help
Director of Guides Against Poaching (GAP) John Laing discusses the organization’s start with removing old telephone wire, which poachers were using to make snares, along the boundary of the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. They have grown into a nationwide support group for conservation projects, emphasizing anti-poaching.
Paradise Dreaming By Zig Mackintosh The 30/30 Biodiversity Plan, initially proposed by the Campaign for Nature, is a response to the global decline of biodiversity, which threatens the well-being of both wildlife and human communities. About 17% of the planet's land and roughly 8% of its oceans
The Operators and Professional Hunting Associations of Africa (OPHAA) The Operators and Professional Hunting Associations of Africa (OPHAA) is a non-profit umbrella organization founded on associate rather than individual membership, a fundamental difference from the International Professional Hunters Association and the African Professional Hunters Association. READ NOW The Importance of
The Operators and Professional Hunting Associations of Africa (OPHAA) is a non-profit umbrella organization founded on associate rather than individual membership, a fundamental difference from the International Professional Hunters Association and the African Professional Hunters Association. There are nine participating countries; Botswana, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
By Hank's Voice Robin Hurt Safaris (RHS) has been operating in Tanzania since 1993. From the start, the company understood that while protection was necessary for wildlife to survive in a rapidly changing Africa, human communities had to benefit meaningfully from the resource. According to UN figures, around