NEWS FROM THE FIELD AND BEYOND.

True to form, your awesome Akashinga rangers have executed raids in four different locations in just the last week or so.

We’re proud to inform you that IAPF and our partners’ program LEADRanger recently conducted a special training course for seven trainees who are active rangers from Rhino Fund Uganda (RFU) and the Ugandan Wildlife Authority (UWA).

Wildlife crime and disease are major concerns—and are expected to increase. Unfortunately, we have reports indicating a rise in wildlife poisoning cases and zoonotic diseases [a disease that normally exists in animals but that can infect humans].

It feels good to do the right thing. Defending wildlife is meaningful in-and-of itself. But being able to help, empower, and make life better for our fellow humans along the way takes things to a whole new level. IAPF’s rangers agree.

Following arrests by our Akashinga wildlife rangers, three members of one of Zimbabwe’s most elusive ivory syndicates have received mandatory prison sentences!

Last night at approximately 2200 hours, IAPF’s Akashinga team in Zimbabwe’s Lower Zambezi Valley conducted a raid as part of a two-month long intelligence-led anti-poaching operation.

A team from the BBC joined IAPF’s Akashinga rangers on four anti-poaching actions in Zimbabwe’s Lower Zambezi Valley during the third week of April 2018. Four poachers were arrested and they are all currently in prison for their crimes.

Throughout the third week of April 2018, a news team from the BBC joined IAPF’s Akashinga rangers on a variety of anti-poaching operations in Zimbabwe’s Lower Zambezi Valley.

President Mnangagwa has made a statement regarding his commitment to the future conservation of the country’s environment.

Broadcast to 75 million people in BBC World Service Radio, IAPF Founder Damien Mander speaks with Nyaradzo and Marguerite of the Akashinga all female conservation program in Zimbabwe.

The black metal of the AR-15 rifle has worn silvery and shiny in parts after years of use. More manageable than an AK-47 in close-quarter combat, the weapon is precise enough to bring down an enemy target at 500 metres.

“The International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) is a non-profit organization that helps produce the most effective anti-poaching operations in the world by utilizing state of the art training, equipment, and management to protect highly targeted wildlife species.