Ranger Report / Anti-Poaching Activities
Report prepared by: Brighton Mwanza
Reporting on RANGER programs for the month of June ,2026.
ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED
This report will highlights on the number of operations done in the month of June of 2026. The following are the operations conducted;
Long field patrols
Safari monitoring
Fire management
NOTE: Investigation and intelligence has not been conducted due to lack of funds to support this operation. Hence they is need to source for funds to help this program run, as we rely the information from the community members.
Therefore, this report will dwell much to the operations conducted ,officers involved in the operations, number of arrests as per operation, Recoveries, mode of transport used, Areas of operations and Constraints or challenges encountered during the month.
In the month of June, we managed to conduct 2 long field patrols, 10 times Day patrols, 3 times safari monitoring and 1 fire management activity.
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE PATROLS
The following are the officers involved in the patrols for the month of June 2026;
Rabson chibwana - NWCF
Beauty Nthala – NWCF
Frank Chulu - NWCF
John Mwanza - CRB
Kelvin Tembo - CRB
Abel Zulu - CRB.
The above officers were deployed on 19th June, 2026 and pulled out from patrols on 29th June, 2026.
NUMBER OF ARRESTS
During the month of June we did not apprehend any suspect during our patrols, hence no any arrests were recorded. This made us proud, as this is an indication that people are now acknowledging the importance of conserving animals and natural resources.
RECOVERIES / CONFISCATION
Since no any arrests were recorded in the month of June, this simply indicates that there were no any Recoveries. No any illegal poaching weapons confiscated.
MODE OF TRANSPORT USED
The mode of transport used in the month of June was a vehicle.
AREAS OF OPERATION
The areas of operations for the long field patrols and fire management activity were milyoti - kauluzi via nyonyo in the Game Management Area and the park.
CHALLENGES FACE BY RANGERS DURING PATROLS
The following are the challenges faced by our Rangers during their operations ;
Shortage on both camp and patrol rations, at least 2 pack per patrol.
Rangers still complaining about first AID kits.
Lack of DOME tents, there is need to procure some.
Must be an increase on the man – power at least 4 trained scouts, so that to give room to other scouts to be resting after long field patrols.
Lack of flash lights for night operation.
There is need to procure the following Ranger Gear;
Big patrol bag x 6
Full uniform x 6
Boots x 6 pairs.
Ballets x 6
Belts x 6
Jerseys x 6
Jungle huts x 6
Ovaros x 6
Ground mats x6
Sleeping bags x 6
Cooking utensils such as ;
Plates x 20 pairs
Cups x 4
Water buckets
CONCLUSION
Following on the above constraints, there is need to procure some Ranger gears of the Rangers for their full operational programs. Then 4 scouts should be recruited for efficient operation and also allow other officers to rest after long field patrols.
