Urgent - Prevent cruel poaching of rare wildlife

Snares are a horrific and very cruel way to poach wildlife.

A noose is set with cable or wire by being attached to a tree and led up through the branches to hang over a path where wild animals walk. At times a snare could also be set low on the ground. The animal is noosed when walking under the tree and it panics and tries to run and pull loose. |The pain adds to the horror as the wire tightens and strangles it around its neck or as it pulls tighter over a limb or part of the animal's body. It is left there until the poacher returns and kills it with a hatchet. If it is not found, it dies from thirst or from being strangled. At times the animal’s family stays near and babies are especially traumatized. This is more horrible than can be imagined and it is a nightmare that is an ongoing concern and always on our minds to keep us aware.

To prevent poaching, we employ night guards that patrol and day guards that do snare checks during the day. We also check our outdoor security cameras that are placed in the bush at different locations. Our fence line is inspected for any intrusion and kept well maintained.

Your support is very important and greatly appreciated. Thankfully we have experienced no poaching recently, although reports of intrusions and poaching from surrounding properties are still being brought to our attention.

We can never relax our alertness and care for our precious animals. Every night and every day we keep watch.

Currently, we have on-hand fencing that is ready to be erected to replace our existing fence line that urgently needs to be redone. We would also like to link onto a satellite system to provide better day and night surveillance. A drone would also help tremendously and we would like to acquire one.

Please continue to help protect our wildlife and the biodiversity of our Reserve, which so many animals, birds, and life forms call home. 

Thank you for caring!