Anti Poaching Operations - Patrol (Page 2)

Poaching Threats

Editorial

Hunting and Poaching: One in the Same? By Zig Mackintosh Anti-hunting activists often blur the lines between hunting and poaching, and the mainstream media has swallowed that narrative whole, for one reason: Manipulation. Playing on emotions is a powerful way to secure donations for “Save the [fill in the blank]

Bushmeat & Meat Trade

Skinny Tracks, Wide Impacts: Bicycle Poaching in Tanzania’s Hunting Blocks

By Hank's Voice Bicycles in the Western World vs. Tanzania’s Wilderness In much of the Western world, bicycle paths are paved, safe trails where urban dwellers enjoy one of the most efficient and affordable forms of transportation. But in Tanzania’s hunting blocks, bicycle-created dirt trails are

Ivory & Rhino Horn

Saving Private Rhino

By Bugs Van Heerden John Hume's Revolutionary Rhino Breeding Project I first visited John Hume at his 8000-hectare rhino ranch in 2014 and have subsequently made two further visits to document this groundbreaking rhino conservation project. When I arrived, John said that two male rhino calves had been

Anti Poaching Operations

Dispatches from the Frontline

Recent patrols highlight a persistent threat: gin traps. Used in the bushmeat trade, these indiscriminate devices endanger common game and protected species alike. Our anti-poaching operations map hotspots, remove traplines, and through an informant network system and local partners, disrupt supply routes before traps are set. Each seizure lowers risk

Anti Poaching Operations

Poachers in the Hills - Editorial

In his book “Poachers in the Hills,” Nick Steele weaves the story of game warden Norman Deane’s life in the Hluhluwe Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with his own experiences there. The story begins in March 1956 when Steele arrives as a 22-year-old junior ranger to serve under Deane’