ANTI-POACHING

POACHING IS A FUNDAMENTALLY NUANCED, TWO-FOLD ISSUE

ZAMBEZI WILDLIFE TRUST OPERATES A 6-SCOUT ANTI-POACHING UNIT IN THE CHIAWA GAME MANAGEMENT AREA

SNARES

Indiscriminate poaching of wildlife is undertaken by local people, often using small wire snares or poison, as a source of protein or for sale at market. The poaching of small game at high numbers reduces the density of prey species and is increasingly leading to the accidental trapping and killing of threatened carnivores including wild dogs and lions

IVORY

Specific poaching for ivory is undertaken by outside actors, whether from Lusaka or internationally.
Ivory poaching remains a problem in the buffer zone areas of the GMA as anti-poaching operations are less consistent than within the Park itself. Poachers rely on the support and knowledge of local people, which is often given due to the underlying conflict with elephants raiding crops, and the benefit of monied incentive

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OUR AIM

I) Significantly reduce the level of subsistence poaching in the area of Mugulameno villages.


In ensuring that households benefit positively from wildlife tourism and no longer rely so heavily on wild sources of protein to feed their families, subsistence poaching in the GMA, and the Mugulameno village area in particular, will be no longer necessary. Poaching for commercial sale will also be curbed so that it is not an attractive way to make money. This will reduce the death of ungulates, as well as many non-target species that are indiscriminately caught in snares or poisoned.

2) Eliminate ivory poaching from the Chiawa GMA.


Through consistent anti-poaching enforcement and the support of local people, the poaching of elephants for ivory will be eliminated from the Chiawa GMA.

HUMAN - WILDLIFE CONFLICT

As communities and wildlife live side-by-side in the Chiawa Game Management Area, coming into contact with one another is inevitable. The ZWT Anti-Poaching Scouts are also on-call to help mitigate situations of human-wildlife conflict, which often comes in the form of crop raiding.

OUR SCOUTS

William Mwale

John Mumba

Stanley Zulu

Dazimata Chinamila

Wisdom Musaruhwa

Boggar Masinja