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PHOTOS and
STORIES
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Cessna U206F N133RC put
into antipoaching and humanitarian operations in southern Africa, based at Wunderboom
Air Base near Pretoria, South Africa, and assigned to the Wildlife Breeding Resource
Center, a project of the Endangered Wildlife Trust, and the Endangered Species
Protection Unit of the South African Police Service. For details, see "Antipoaching
Aircraft" and "Humanitarian Aircraft.
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| Wilderness Conservancy's
family of elephants which it saved from a cull in Kruger National Park and relocated
to Shamwari Game Reserve near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in 1996. Shamwari
is a beautiful game reserve, has excellent habitat and is far from harms way.
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KwaZulu Department of Nature
Conservation's pilot Brian Katz, examines horns cut from an endangered black rhino
poached in Ndumu Game Reserve in Zululand in 1996 along with weapons and gear
taken from the captured poachers.
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| Lufthansa German Airlines
donates carriage of one ton of school books, school supplies, clothing, footwear
and toys from Los Angeles to Harare, Zimbabwe for the pre-school and day care
at Mana Pools National Park, a remote compound adjacent to the Zambezi River where
the families of game scouts reside. For details, see "School
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Wilderness Conservancy provides
two 1996 American Champion 8GCBC "Super Scout" light observation aircraft for
antipoaching operations, one in Kruger National Park and the other at Shamwari
Game Reserve, South Africa. Since these aircraft have been in operation, poaching
has been reduced to near zero in Kruger and to zero in Shamwari. For details,
see "Antipoaching Aircraft".
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Scout aircraft N5049U on patrol along the south shore of Lake Kariba in the Matusadona
Game Reserve, Zimbabwe, providing protection for a small family of elephants.
For details, see "Antipoaching Aircraft".
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An AK-47 Soviet bloc assault
rifle with a 30 round magazine, three cane knives, several wire snares and a knobkerrie
taken from poachers in Ndumu Game Reserve, along with the horns cut from an endangered
black rhino by poachers. For details, see "Antipoaching
Aircraft".
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Wilderness Conservancy's
Scout aircraft, N17RC, flown by Wilderness Conservancy President Dr. Bob Cleaves,
with game scouts of Tembe Elephant Park, poacher's weapon and poaching gear. The
horns are from an endangered black rhino killed by poachers in Ndumu Game Reserve
in 1998. For information, see "Antipoaching
Aircraft".
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Wilderness Conservancy's
President Dr. Bob Cleaves, with the horns cut from an endangered black rhino killed
in Ndumu Game Reserve in August 1998 by poachers. Note Soviet AK-47 assault rifle
on ground used by poachers. For information, see "Antipoaching
Aircraft".
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President Dr. Bob Cleaves, its Scout aircraft, N5049U, and a team of game scouts
at Hwange National Park, Main Camp, Zimbabwe, in 1993 preparing for patrol in
response to the discovery of an elephant killed by Zambian poachers two days earlier.
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Wilderness Conservancy's
President Dr. Bob Cleaves and Zimbabwe wildlife officer Albert Paradzai at site
of elephant carcass killed by Zambian poachers in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe,
two days earlier. The poachers were taken into custody near the Zambezi River
in route to safe haven in Zambia. Their weapons were confiscated and they were
compelled to carry the heavy ivory over 50 kilometers back to the site of the
killing where this photo was taken. Note that the entire elephant had been reduced
to bones by predators (lions and hyenas) in only two days. A Soviet AK-47 was
used by the poachers to kill the rhino. For information, see "Antipoaching
Aircraft".
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Wilderness
Conservancy
bob@wildcon.org
(tel) 310-472-2593
1224 Roberto Lane
Los Angeles, CA
90077-2334
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310 472-2593 
