News and views of conservation and wildlife.
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Issue 5 (May 2009) In March 2001, safari guide John Coppinger led five fellow paddlers on a canoe trip down a remote stretch of the Luangwa River. They started near the source and ended at Tafika Camp, John’s base in South Luangwa National Park. John knew, from years of experience, that crocodiles seldom bother canoes. Yet this stretch of river had a bad reputation. John’s journal tells the story.
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Issue 5 (May 2009) Brendan Reisbeck, manager of Chongwe River House (www.chongwe.com), must have been a good boy last year: Santa brought him the top prize on many a safari wish list – a real, live pangolin.
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Issue 5 (May 2009) Sioma Ngwezi has long been a ‘sleeping’ national park. Decades of unrest and neglect have taken their toll on the wildlife, and today this wild western corner of Zambia seldom features on any tourist itinerary. But all that may be about to change, reports Stephen Cunliffe.
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Issue 5 (May 2009) On 1 January 2009 South Luangwa Conservation Society launched an Eco Awards scheme for tour operators in the South Luangwa area. Anna Tolan, coordinator of the scheme, reports on this innovative development for Zambia’s tourist industry.
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Issue 5 (May 2009) Watch out jumbos! The South Luangwa Conservation Society has teamed up with the Zambian Wildlife authority to support a new means of scaring away crop-raiding elephants. Poachers and local farmers have long been using homemade muzzle-loading guns. However, one far-sighted farmer recently came up with the novel idea...
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Issue 4 (November 2008) Africa Parks has made a major impact in Zambia through its pioneering management of Liuwa Plain National Park. Now this innovative organisation is poised to expand its park management programme. Stephen Cunliffe reports on what this could mean for Zambia’s wildlife – and for its visitors.
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Issue 4 (November 2008) Giraffes, it may not surprise you, are notoriously difficult animals to capture. Rachel McRobb, CEO of the South Luangwa Conservation Society, recently learned the procedure on a training course in Zimbabwe.And she was soon called into action when a snared giraffe was reported at nearby Flatdogs camp.
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Issue 4 (November 2008) Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, located near Chingola in
the Copperbelt, is desperately in need of funds, reports Lesley Thomson.
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Issue 4 (November 2008) Safari guide Craig Doria has written one of the most respected guides to the snakes of Zambia. Here he relates an extraordinary encounter that befell his friend Jake da Motta.
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Issue 4 (November 2008) The Busanga Plains of Northern Kafue is an unforgiving terrain for vehicles. During the rainy season the flooded plains are impassable. For the rest of the year, drivers must negotiate glutinous swamps and rickety bridges. But there’s nothing to fear, reports Mike Unwin, as long as you are with Idos Mulenga.
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