Zambia Safari to Reintroduce Elephant Hunting
Zambia is to re-introduce elephant hunting which was suspended over twenty years ago Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) has announced. It’s a new dimension to Zambia safari.
However, it’s not a hunting extravaganza! Only two areas have been designated for elephant sport hunting where elephant numbers have been monitored and data is available. Zambia's elephant population currently stands about 25,000 strong.
The two areas chosen for big game hunting are:
Management areas are buffers to national parks and there are 34 of them in Zambia. So elephants as one of the Big Figure (elephants, lion, leopard, hippo, and buffalo) will still remain protected in the national parks.
ZAWA the wildlife authority argues that elephants in arid and semi-arid areas such as the Lower Zambezi and South Luangwa Protected Area Management Units compete for resources with humans. Poor beasts!
ZAWA add that it is wise to utilize a small portion of the population, through sport hunting, in areas where elephant populations have increased. That’s because the poacher, that scam of low class businessperson who kills wild game for profit is being kept at bay.
ZAWA is a member of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). So each tusk will be marked according to the CITES convention. Hunters will be allowed to export back to their countries only the items cleared through this process.
Zambia now has the capacity to harvest a maximum quota of 40 tusks (20 elephants) from sport hunting of the Zambian African elephant populations in Lower Zambezi Area Management Unit (LZAMU) and South Luangwa Area Management Unit (SLAMU). For big game safari hunters Zambia safari will soon provide for your enjoyment.
However, it’s not a hunting extravaganza! Only two areas have been designated for elephant sport hunting where elephant numbers have been monitored and data is available. Zambia's elephant population currently stands about 25,000 strong.
The two areas chosen for big game hunting are:
- the Lower Zambezi Area Management Unit (Chiawa and Rufunsa game management areas) in the southern part of the country,
- and the South Luangwa Area Management Unit (Lupande game management area) in the eastern province.
Management areas are buffers to national parks and there are 34 of them in Zambia. So elephants as one of the Big Figure (elephants, lion, leopard, hippo, and buffalo) will still remain protected in the national parks.
ZAWA the wildlife authority argues that elephants in arid and semi-arid areas such as the Lower Zambezi and South Luangwa Protected Area Management Units compete for resources with humans. Poor beasts!
ZAWA add that it is wise to utilize a small portion of the population, through sport hunting, in areas where elephant populations have increased. That’s because the poacher, that scam of low class businessperson who kills wild game for profit is being kept at bay.
ZAWA is a member of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). So each tusk will be marked according to the CITES convention. Hunters will be allowed to export back to their countries only the items cleared through this process.
Zambia now has the capacity to harvest a maximum quota of 40 tusks (20 elephants) from sport hunting of the Zambian African elephant populations in Lower Zambezi Area Management Unit (LZAMU) and South Luangwa Area Management Unit (SLAMU). For big game safari hunters Zambia safari will soon provide for your enjoyment.
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