Programs

  • Mana Pools Wildlife Conservation

    No elephants were poached in Mana Pools National Park during the year. All collared elephants were protected from legal hunters. Funding was provided for the following activities conducted in Mana Pools and the surrounding Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe: (1) capture and translocation of 4 zebras from Mhangura, a farming area in northern Zimbabwe, to Lake Chivero National Park, this action being necessary because these animals were eating the farmers' crops; (2) capture, collaring, and translocation of a leopard that had killed a dozen goats in Hotel Village on the southern boundary of Mana Pools. Following the tracking available through her collar, we noted that she became resident in the Mukwichi Community Wildlife Conservancy; (3) conduct of multiple wildlife awareness meetings in local communities on the southern boundary of Mana Pools for children in our new Conservation Clubs and for large groups of village members, re-enforcing the value of the Zimbabwean natural heritage and wildlife/environmental conservation; (4) collaring of 11 elephants in the Hurungwe Safari area, Chewore Safari Area, and in the southern mountains of Mana Pools, providing them protection from legal hunters, early warning for possible human-elephant conflict, and research that includes monitoring the differences in elephant movements and the size of their home ranges in hunting areas compared to non-hunting areas; (5) purchase of two vehicles for use in anti-poaching work and paying year around operating costs for average deployment of 30 Zimparks rangers daily; and (6) initial construction of a permanent base on the southern boundary of Mana Pools and manning of a vacant base on the Mana East boundary.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jun 1, 2021 – May 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $250.9K

  • Program 1 [2025]

    No elephants were poached in Mana Pools National Park during the year. All collared elephants were protected from legal hunters when they wandered into adjacent hunting concessions. Funding was provided for the following activities conducted with Zimbabwe Parks Authority in Mana Pools and the surrounding Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe: (1) informer rewards paid upon the recovery of elephant tusks in a city not far from the Park; (2) clearing approximately 900 miles of roads and the establishment of a new remote base; (3) purchasing a vehicle for anti-poaching work; (4) successfully treating iconic bull elephant Tusker for puncture wounds caused by another elephant; (5) confiscating and releasing back to the wild a live pangolin; (6) purchasing and distributing eleven thousand bales of hay to feed cattle of impoverished villagers during a severe drought; (7) conducting sporting events and wildlife quizzes for more than 700 children in villages adjacent to Mana Pools; (8) funding tuition for a weeklong, hands-on conservation education camp for ninety impoverished children from park boundary communities; and (9) engaging in human-wildlife coexistence outreach including community awareness training and conflict mitigation tactics.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jun 1, 2024 – May 31, 2025
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $319.6K