Animal Darting Program

Given the current economic situation in Zimbabwe, poaching is on the increase.  The Wild Horizons Wildlife Trust plays an active roll in the darting and removal of snares from injured or trapped animals, and depending on the situation, the rescue and rehabilitation of those animals.

 

  

Waterbuck

Kariba Darting

Waterbuck De-snaring

November 2008 -When Daryl Tiran when for his early morning run on the Elephant Hills Golf Course, he was intending to beat the late October heat and get a good start on the day’s work ahead.  Mr. Tiran had no idea that he would find a female waterbuck stuck in a snare on the edge of the golf course. More

 

Kariba Darting

During the heat of October (2008), the Wild Horizons Wildlife Trust got the call for assistance downriver in Kariba.  The ZCTF, Aware, VFAPU and Ticky Haywood Trust contacted Roger Parry to see if he would be prepared to help with a major darting, and wildlife snare removal exercise in Kariba, Zimbabwe.  More

 

Kudu De-snare

On the afternoon of October 7th, under a sweltering African Sun, Roger Parry and Jessica Dawson received the call that a female kudu with a snare was with a small herd near the railway tracks by the “Big Tree” in Victoria Falls.  More