Zambia, like the rest of Africa, is facing unprecedented poaching levels. Consumption of bush meat and trafficking in wildlife products are reaching an all time high. In order to hold back the current onslaught of wildlife poaching throughout Africa, specifically of elephants, anti-poaching patrols are essential.

Over the past 20 years, CSL has worked hand in hand with Zambia’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) to see to it that anti-poaching work is successful in the South Luangwa Valley. From the beginning, the core of this work has been joint CSL/DNPW anti-poaching patrols.

CSL is now supporting 90 well trained, well equipped and highly disciplined scouts who risk their lives in the daily fight against poaching. Anti-poaching patrol units can spend up to 21 days in the field on patrol in tough conditions and a harsh climate, carrying all their own rations and equipment. These proud and brave men and women work tirelessly to track down and apprehend wildlife perpetrators.

Without the CSL supported anti-poaching operations including anti-snaring day patrols, short rapid reactive patrols, long field patrols and investigations, wildlife figures in South Luangwa would most certainly decline.