A technique used to measure the large African predators

By Prof H.O. de Waal

The lion has made a huge and lasting impression on mankind.  Images of massive, maned male lions and prides of lionesses with cubs are brought to mind by mere mention of the word “lion”. One only needs to look at the wide array of statues and heraldic uses of the lion emblem on national flags.

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Game Ranching Or Game Breeding & The Biodiversity Act: Where To Now?

By Rueben Saayman

At the time of writing this journal, we are sitting very close to the fire. The fire being the implementation of the National Environmental Act: Biodiversity Act, 2004 as published in the Government Gazette, 7 June 2004. At this stage, many aspects like National Norms and Standards for the Translocation of Wild Herbivores and other Regulations are not in place in order to provide guidelines.

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The Role of captive facilities in wildlife ranching

By Antoinette Kotze, Craig Allenby & Dave Morgan

Environmental threats and biodiversity loss caused by climatic changes, over exploitation of natural resources, escalating negative impact of invasive species and overall environmental degradation are all factors that influence the conservation of biodiversity on a global level. These factors point to a strong focus on the sustainable use of the environment.

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The Role Of The Department Of Agriculture In The Development Of A Sustainable Wildlife Ranching Sector In South Africa

Keith A Ramsay and Victor Musetha (Department of Agriculture)

Until fairly recently – and despite the fact that a number of Acts administered by the Department of Agriculture (DoA) apply equally to domestic livestock and wildlife – the breeding and sustainable use of eminently suitable wild herbivore species in farming systems was seldom seen as an agricultural activity.

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Calculation of grazing capacity and browse capacity for game species

G.N. Smit

The basic requirement of management systems for sustainable game production from veld is to balance the stocking rate of the various game species with the grazing and browsing capacity of the veld.

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Guidelines to importing and exporting animal and genetic material

Breeders’ Societies could take this opportunity to provide members with a value-added service – receiving and screening applicants – and then forwarding these to the registrar for further processing.

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The offloading, processing and exporting of game meat

A detailed document which lays out and discusses the steps that need to be taken in order to process and export game meat.

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