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Mark Haldane, director of Zambeze Delta Safaris (ZDS), accepts that funding remains the perpetual challenge facing comprehensive anti-poaching operations in Mozambique. The reality is stark: safari operations alone simply don't generate sufficient revenue to sustain both a profitable business and the extensive conservation efforts his organization pursues at
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By Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Dilguerian De Oliveira Conceição According to current global statistics, two rangers lose their lives in the line of duty every week, with over 1,000 rangers killed worldwide and many more injured over the last 10 years. Nearly 9 out of 10 African rangers (88.6%
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By Prof Brian Child The last few centuries have seen the most rapid transformation of human society in history. The misery of an agrarian economy based on feudal ownership was replaced by the current era of prosperity and personal freedoms that so many of us are fortunate to enjoy. This
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The breathtaking scenery of the Matobo Hills in South-western Zimbabwe, Africa, with its multitude of massive round granite domes with gigantic boulders of various sizes balanced on top, creating what looks like natural art, has been sculpted over millions of years by sun, wind and water. The hills, known locally
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By the 1950s, Nile crocodiles in Zimbabwe were nearly extinct. Commercial hunters had killed most of them for their valuable skins. The crocodiles were easy targets because they lived in predictable locations, hunters could spot them easily at night with spotlights, and each kill was worth a lot of money.
Anti Poaching Operations
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,
Tactics & Technology
Program directors Vaughan Whitehead-Wilson and Gibson Ncube explain the Isibaya 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 innovative conservation program has enormous potential to: * Protect predators in
Anti Poaching Operations
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
Zimbabwe
John Laing, Director of Guides Against Poaching (GAP), explains how the initiative began by removing old telephone wire once used by poachers to make snares along the Hwange National Park boundary in Zimbabwe. From Small Start to National Movement What started as a local effort to clear snares has grown
Anti Poaching Operations
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. Participating & Prospective Countries * Nine participating countries: Botswana, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania,
Tanzania
By Hank's Voice Robin Hurt Safaris (RHS) has been operating in Tanzania since 1993. From the very beginning, the company recognised that while wildlife protection was essential for survival in a rapidly changing Africa, local communities also needed to benefit meaningfully from natural resources. According to UN figures,
Zimbabwe
The Save Valley Conservancy, located in southeastern Zimbabwe, is one of the largest private wildlife reserves in Africa. It rose from the ashes of a devastating drought in the early 1990s, when many cattle ranches could no longer sustain livestock. Instead of giving up the land, the ranchers transformed it