Rescuing Imperiled Wildlife in South Africa

Dear friends and supporters of PNHF,

Time has flown and we are eager to share the work that Phalaborwa Natural Heritage Foundation (PNHF) has done over the past couple of months. Below are some of the successes we achieved since our last progres report in April 2024;

1. We've conducted 39 anti-poaching Operations.
2. Patrolled over 229km on foot.
3. Removed 1229 illegally set poacher's snares.
4. Discovered 7 poaching camps.
5. Discovered 104 animals illegally killed in snares by poachers, these include 2 domestic cattle, 15 cape buffalo, 7 giraffe, 10 zebra, 19 impala, 3 wildebeest, 7 lions, 5 warthog, 2 steenbuck, 2 bushbuck, 3 waterbuck, 1 grey duiker, 8 nyala, 4 kudu, 8 spotted hyena, 2 black-backed jackal and 1 elephant. We have noted a very steep rise in the poaching of predators and scavengers lately, this is an alarming tendency.
6. Taken 280 local community members and international volunteers out on anti-poaching operations.
7. Successfully rescued 6 large animals. We darted and removed a snare from a female giraffe, she was successfully treated and released again. We darted and relocated a pride of 5 lions that wandered into the town of Phalaborwa, we moved them back into a protected conservation area.
8. We assisted to collar 3 lionesses and 1 male lion.
9. PNHF has employed 3 young persons from the local community in a fixed 24 month apprenticeship program. All their qualifications and training will be paid for and provided by PNHF. After the 24 months they will be fully trained, qualified and experienced to persue a carreer in conservation.
10. We took a group of international students on a snare removal operation.
11. We did one environmental educational presentation to an international school group, there were 20 students in the group.

The above mentioned data and statistics gathered during the past four months has contributed to the conservation of our local biodoversity in the nature reserves, parks, tribal game reserves and neighbouring communities where we conducted operations. In some areas we have noticed a decline in snaring even zero snaring in certain properties, this is a big win for us and shows that our efforts are successful. 

We would like to thank each and every one of our supporters for making this possible. 

Your continued support is greatly appreciated by us and every animal and person benefiting from our efforts.

Links:

• Giraffe Rescue
• Article on lion relocation and snare removal operation