VOLUME 78

The Killing Thickets (5-minute Video)

Patrol Reports

09 Jun 2026 — 1 min read

This episode follows the Lake Albert Safaris anti-poaching team on patrol in Uganda's Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve.

The reserve currently has nine anti-poaching staff, with plans to roughly double that number as game populations grow.

Recruitment happens from within.

Aston Sparks, a director of the company, relies on the longest-serving and most trusted rangers to find and assess each potential recruit for a position in the anti-poaching team.

Each candidate is assessed on their values and how they regard the reserve and the animals they protect.

On patrol in the field, the anti-poaching team search potential snare sites in the thickets where animals shelter from rain and heat.

While clearing snare lines, the team came across a kob that had been killed in a snare.

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