Lion Relocation Project

by WILDTRUST

 Zululand District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa  Environment

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R 211,619
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R 211,619
Goal

This project will relocate wild lion to a Community Game Reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The pride of three lion (two female and one male) have been given to Somkhanda by andBeyond Phinda Private Game Reserve, as part of their lion management strategy.

In the next few months, Somkhanda Community Game Reserve will become a big 5 reserve, aiming to attract more tourists to ensure that the reserve becomes a viable tourism enterprise. The introduction of lion onto the property is part of the long term goal to make the community owned game reserve ecologically sound as well as economically feasible, thus supporting livelihoods in the community and lion conservation in South Africa.

The Gumbi community, with the support of Wildlands, is developing Somkhanda Game Reserve, a community owned game reserve in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, into a tourism attraction by reintroducing key species. In particular, they would like to introduce a pride of lion into Somkhanda Game Reserve. To allow the introduction of the lion on Somkhanda, the reserve needs to ensure that the fencing is up to standard. This is crucial for neighbour relations, especially with a community owned reserve that is surrounded by livestock owners.

The costs of the project are the following:

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Project activity

Funded to date:

R 211,619

Funding goal: R 211,619
NGO: WILDTRUST
Start: 10th May 2017
End: 31st January 2019
Field agent: Lauren van Nijkerk
Laurenvn@wildtrust.co.za
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