Poaching Steals From Us All

In November, 2018, the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Athurteheo-ryietayrla‘PuonacchheidngthSetesatlasrtFroofma Us All’ pcoulblalibcoarwataiorennwesitshcathmepZaaimgnb, einzi Society and othregawneislla-tkinoonw, WniilndtAeirdn.ational conservation aTnhde icnatmerpnaaitginonwaillllyucseleabnrarterady of locally aZnimdbeanbtrweeparnenaerutirsst,sw, shpo,ratsmamenbasnsdawd orms en tforetlheveairtecothuentprryoafinledothf ewciladmlifpeaign, will aim cuonltsuerravlatniodne. cTohneoymwicillimempoprhtasnicse, its rpariosminogtainwgaZreimnebsasbowfet’hseniallteiognalawl piladrlkifseand btriaodeivaenrdsityh.e need to protect the country’s The campaign will incorporate television, rinatdeinotaionndobfililnbsotailrlidncgoanstetrnotnwgisthentshe of pride finueZlitmhbeadbewsier’es inatteurrnalllwyitlodlpifreoht ecrtitiat.ge and Whereas most wildlife conservation groups focus on scientific studies and anti-poaching ceoffnosrutsm, WptilodnAoidf wioldrklisfetoproeducetsgalonbdal lcolicmalasteupcphoanrtgfeoirmcponacstesr,vwathiiolen ienfcforertass.ing Z(fiammboaubswfeoarnh-ebroronlefilimn tshtearm, Doavnieai Gurira Panther), is one of a number of the

Black ‘ambassador celebrities’ who will feature cinamthpeaZigimn.bAatbtwhe eavnetin-tptooacmhainrkg tahweasrteanretss of the campaign, held in Harare on 17th November, 2018, Danai echoed the theme of httshhpeeeriacrhkaouimmnngpieqap,uiuagersngasi‘inPondongavaZcatiehlmuliynabgabablbSeowtenueaatalttsnuhFsreartwolomicldhUleisrfeiAsohllf’, hpearkitsagaendanwdiltdo svpisaictetshteoiraopwprnenciaattieonthael value Zimbabwe holds as a world class tourism destination. aDtatnhaei ewvaesnfti,lbmyewd einll-aktneolewvnisZioimn binatbewrveiaenw wneiwll salpsoerfseoantuarlietyasRuanmabmidbzasisTaadkoarwfiorra,thweho Mcanmapnagiaggnw. Aal(stoheindaatutegnhdtearnocef ZwimasbTaabrwireo’s ‘pArkeassidheingtaa’ nadntai-mpoeamchbienrgouf nthite, ‘aTlhl-ewBormaveen Ones’).

Well-known names and celebrities who will afenadtuSreelmasoarmMbuatsuskauddozris(itnhceluddaeugJahhtePrroafyzah veteran Zimbabwean musician and ianmteorngatoitohnearlss. tar, Oliver Mutukudzi), WildAid’s extremely successful film media campaign in Asia with the theme ‘When The Buying Stops, The Killing Can Too’, features tahmeoirnAgforitchaercsa,mfiplmaigsntairnJcalcukdiesChan, while ZTeimndbaibMwteaarna-wbiorran. TShperi‘nPgobaockhirnuggSbtyelaelgsend sFuroccmesUssfuAllyl’ rcoalmlepdaoigunt sinhaovtheearlrceoaudnytrbieesn TacarnozsasnAiafraincadiUngclaunddian.g Kenya, South Africa, AfocrcZoirmdibnagbtwoeTNinaatsiohneaFlaPrarwkos,ahnedadWoifldPlRife Management Authority, ‘Poaching across tchoemcboiunnedtryefhfoarstsdeocfroeuarsepdartthnaenrkss. Wtoethaeve acolsmominucnreicaasteidonjosi,netdpuactartoiolsn, raandioawareness rtoescouourltrdajturiedmiecexisap.reTydh, iaetnicodaumoslupyrabpigeoniancignhdinegalctawseitshaisna fcWuorilltdahbAeoridrtahitseioadneowctlhiintehertochofelplZaoabamochrbaientizgvi,eStheorfcfoioeurtgtyhtaond public awareness’.

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Writer: Shelley Cox Photography: WildAid, The Zambezi Society