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Re-wilding a Wilderness: Coutada 9, Mozambique

Re-wilding a Wilderness: Coutada 9, Mozambique

By Neil Duckworth and Ed Rosenfels In Mozambique, coutadas are officially National Conservation Areas specifically established for protecting fauna and flora through safari hunting and ecotourism. They are governed by the National Administration for Conservation Areas (ANAC). The coutadas are leased to private safari operators who manage the areas. Coutada

Informer Network System (7-min Video)

Informer Network System (7-min Video)

Anti-poaching is not just about military-style field operations to catch poachers. Intelligence is an integral part of the equation, and an informer network system is vital to keep ahead of the poaching syndicates.

Wildlife Initiative Trust Africa (7-min Video)

Wildlife Initiative Trust Africa (7-min Video)

The Wildlife Initiative Trust Africa was set up to introduce a K9 element to the anti-poaching operations in the Victoria Falls area and surrounds in Zimbabwe. Kerri O’Fee outlines the plans for this outfit in this interview.

Editorial

Editorial

Hunting and Poaching: One in the Same? By Zig Mackintosh Poaching and hunting are words that anti-hunting activists liberally interchange. The mainstream media have slurped up their chicanery for one purpose: Manipulation. Playing on people's emotions is a great way to raise funds through donations for any "

Skinny Tracks, Wide Impacts

Skinny Tracks, Wide Impacts

By Hank's Voice Western world bicycle paths are paved trails upon which urban dwellers safely enjoy recreationally riding one of the world’s most efficient, affordable means of transportation. But in Tanzania’s hunting blocks, paths created by bicycles are dirt trails upon which poachers from nearby villages

Saving Private Rhino

Saving Private Rhino

By Bugs Van Heerden I first visited John Hume at his 8000-hectare ranch in 2014 and have subsequently made two further visits. When I arrived, John said that two male rhino calves had been born the previous day. A little later, the radio crackled to say that another two male

Dispatches from the Frontline

Dispatches from the Frontline

The horrific realities of poaching with gin traps.