Rangers are trained to be law enforcers by protecting and preserving wildlife from extinction and also keeping wildlife safe in the field by the way of making arrests, looking for injured animals often caught by snares, and the search and removal of snares from the field.

This report will highlight the SUCCESSES scored and will focus on APPREHENSIONS and RECOVERIES and/or CONFISCATIONS in 2025 following the patrols conducted by our Rangers. The following are the achievements for 2025:

We conducted twenty (20) long field patrols.
We conducted sixty (60) Day patrols both in the park and within Game Management Area (GMA).
We conducted four (4) Ambushes.
We conducted six (6)Road blocks at Mwangazi Bridge and at the camp.
We conducted ten (10) night operations both in the park and within Game Management Area. Unfortunately in one of the night operations we conducted...we lost our scout Webby Banda in the line of duty. His loss emphasizes the extreme dangers our rangers face and he is missed terribly. A husband, a father, and a mentor to our team. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Nsefu Wildlife is feeling his loss deeply.
We also conducted two (2) investigations based on the number of reports received from the community members.

PART. 1 – APPREHENSIONS

As a Wildlife Ranger program, following our operations during our long fields patrols, Day patrols, Ambushes, Night operations and Road blocks;

We managed to apprehend eight (8) suspects who were caught up doing illegal poaching activities .

Below are some photos;

Caught with an Impala

Caught with snares in the Nsefu park

Caught with a dried Buffalo meat

PART. 2 – RECOVERIES/CONFISCATIONS

We managed to recover some illegal poaching items as listed below;

Eleven (11) muzzle loading guns (firearms)
Thirty-five (35) pallets (man -made bullets).
Twenty- three (23) snares.
750 grams of gun powder.
Two (2) flashlights.
Four (4) cooking pots and 6 plates.
Six (6) kgs of mealie meal.
Six (6) bags.
Sixteen (16) boxes of matches.
Seventeen (17 )empty sacks.

Below are some photos for the above RECOVERIES;

“Two (2) muzzle loading guns, flashlights, bags, plates, sacks, gun powder and many small items “
“A bag, muzzle loading gun , pallets, a sack and a carcass of an impala. “
A sack of snares and two (2) cooking pots.

PART. 3 – CONCLUSION

The year 2025 has been a successful one, as we achieved a lot of things in terms of Activities, apprehensions and confiscations/RECOVERIES. Therefore, the Rangers need to be motivated in terms of incentives for their positive result recorded in order to keep up with their good job. We should always wish them well whenever there are in a patrol as being in the Bush it’s risk.

THANK YOU!!!

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