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Hello Mr. Poacher…

12
Mar
Hello Mr. Poacher…

By: Chengeta Wildlife

Africa arrests images Malawi Poaching Rangers Rory Young Snares Tracking

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Rory Young shared this photo of a poacher’s tracks.

poacher tracksJust to prove that I have been paying attention to Rory’s tracking lessons, I will tell you what I can about the person who made the tracks.

From the large size I think that a man left these prints. Also male because the toes are close together. Women’s toes are typically more spread apart.

His toes are not digging in so I think he is walking and not running or jogging. Though for someone walking his stride is quite long, that tells me that he has long legs. So probably a tall man.

I know he is very fit with not much fat on his body because his straddle is extremely tight. Straddle is the side-to-side width of his feet from each other. An unfit person will usually carry fat on the inside of their thighs and that will make their straddle wider.

He is not carrying a heavy load. If he was carrying something heavy his toes would dig in more, his straddle would be wider and stride would be shorter.

If there was a measuring stick next to one of his feet showing the exact length of his footprint I could give you his approximate height.

So we have a tall fit man, walking confidently along with no clue that rangers are on his trail. Either he is a foolish man or he has been doing his poaching with no fear of reprisal for too long, because he is leaving a very clear trail in a sandy area making no attempt to conceal his tracks.

The second photo shows the arrested poacher poacher and sonsand his two sons. Rory explained that while one of them was putting out the fish traps, shown in the photo, the other was setting snares and gin traps in the bush. The youngest was their lookout.

(I have told Rory that if we ever walk together in the bush I will be jumping from rock to rock and will drag a big leafy branch behind me so he won’t know all my secrets.)   🙂

31
Oct
Anti-poaching Podcast featuring Rory Young.

By: Chengeta Wildlife

audio Elephant Pangolin Poaching Rhino Snares Terrorists Tracking

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In this fascinating interview Rory explains the devastation caused by poaching in the many African countries he has visited this year. He also reveals what he and the rangers are doing to stop poaching.

In the final minutes he discusses the time he was shot at when crossing from Central African Republic into Cameroon.

Give it a listen over the weekend. The sound quality is a bit rough for short periods, but recovers quickly.

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12
Sep
Photo from Rory Young, currently in Malawi

By: Chengeta Wildlife

Poaching Rhino Snares Tracking

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mal9This photo is tough to see, but it should strengthen our resolve. We have funded the training in Malawi to stop this and it is working. Rory and the Malawian rangers are apprehending the bastards that set those snares.

 

Rory does the dangerous physical work in the bush, but he also meets with high level government officials to explain our doctrine and training.

He is in the bush for 3 weeks for this training session, away from his wife and two young children, missing the first day of school for his kids this year. Three weeks must seem like forever to those two little ones.

He will only accept a subsistence wage from Chengeta to make our funding stretch as far as possible even though he is worth 10x that rate.

Marjet, Rory’s wife, is back home doing her budget stretching. She is often called on to help Chengeta too. Right now she is having Chengeta t-shirts printed for the Malawi rangers receiving our training.

Just wanted to take a moment to recognize the sacrifices that Rory and his young family are making to do this work.

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