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Any Third-World nation that seeks to export beef to international markets, especially in Europe, must meet high standards of veterinary hygiene and disease management. In the early 1970s, the European Union stipulated that Botswana's government restrict the movement of wildlife into its beef herds to control diseases such

The Snare Busters Program is not just about removing snares from the bush. The volunteers are also involved in wildlife rescue operations. Their policy is the same as other reputable conservation organizations, where they don’t intervene if the injuries are natural unless it is an endangered species. The work

The Zimbabwe Professional Guides Association (ZPGA) realized that there are a lot of critics of safari hunting around the world. These armchair critics voice their opinions from their keyboards, causing immeasurable damage to meaningful conservation initiatives. Instead of being reactive to these criticisms, ZPGA decided to proactively engage with the

The Kizigo Game Reserve in Central Tanzania has no perennial rivers or natural lakes. With the increasing frequency of droughts in the region, the Tanzania Wildlife Authority (TAWA) amended its conservation policy for the game reserve. Previous ideology centered on minimal interference with natural systems, including the provision of artificial

Poaching, bad governance and political football are issues that are not unique to Africa; it is a worldwide malaise. The Countryside Alliance is a political campaigning force that promotes and protects the rural way of life. The Alliance represents the interests of its members and supporters in parliament, in the

Looking for snares is not always an easy task, but aerial help in the form of circling vultures can assist. Vultures spot animals caught in snares from a great height and can lead anti-poaching teams to the site. Poachers know this and often poison animal carcasses to kill vultures to

Professional hunter Fico Vidale and his team, with a government game scout, caught an armed poacher on the Katanga Plateau on the northern border of the Kafue National Park in Zambia. The poacher was stalking a large herd of buffalo. The local village gunsmith had fashioned the stock. The barrel