Rangers visit Bedfordview Rotarians and discuss growing success of anti-poaching skills
The Rangers provided a very enlightening talk about how to plant vegetable gardens to feed Rangers at outlying stations.
Rotary Club of Bedfordview members learned valuable lessons from the Honorary Rangers of the Kruger National Park who recently paid the club a visit.
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The Rangers provided a very enlightening talk about how to plant vegetable gardens to feed Rangers at outlying stations. They also talked about the growing success of anti-poaching skills in the park as a result of the deployment of high-tech equipment and skilled anti-poaching reaction teams.
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Vegetable gardens are constructed by the Rangers using prefabricated structures, welded mesh and shade-cloth, which is important in keeping “unwanted critters” of all shapes and sizes out of the gardens and providing the rangers with a constant supply of fresh vegetables.
The success of the new anti-poaching measures has led to a dramatic decrease in rhino loss due to poaching over the last three years – from a high of over 1 000 a year in 2015 to only 500 (but still too many) in the last year.
A horrifying statistic is that there are at any time 12 or more teams of poachers active in the park.
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