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This is a unique opportunity for volunteers to be actively involved in wildlife game capture and see a range of different game reserves in South Africa. Volunteers will have the chance to understand the every day workings of the Game Capture team and also gain hands on capture experience.
The team is lead by John from BBC One‘s series ‘Vet Safari’, and operates to relocate a variety of different species from one game reserve to another. The animals range in both size and difficulty to translocate, from large animals such as rhino and giraffe to smaller sized wildlife like impala, blesbuck and zebra.
Game capture is necessary to preserve species and maintain high population numbers in different game reserves. The movement of wildlife will also ensure that successful breeding programs continue and allow the translocated wildlife to thrive in new reserves. Over the past 10 game capture seasons the team has managed to successfully translocate over 11,000 animals to various game reserves throughout Southern Africa and Namibia.
Shumba volunteers will be actively involved with the game capture process from beginning to end, including the release of animals onto new reserves. The volunteer’s activities will be based around the Game Capture team’s movements and so you will undoubtedly have plenty of hands on experience working with the wildlife in Africa.
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This active volunteer project has a number of different tasks to give you a rounded experience of conservation work. Shumba volunteers may be involved in a variety of different activities:
Support the team with the game capture
Setting up enclosures for holding wildlife
Assist inside the concealing nets during the actual game capture
Education on the captured species and the drugs administered
Observe the specialized activity of darting wildlife
Setting up concealing nets for use in game capture
Camp out in the bush (on selected reserves)
Observe the helicopter used in game captures
Release of captured game to new reserves
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All of the food and accommodation is included in the price whilst the volunteer is on their placement. Due to the nature of this project the accommodation consists of a range of different styles. The project will be moving from one reserve to another so volunteers will not always be based in the same place. At times volunteers will be in cottage style houses on the game reserve and at times you will be camping in the bush, which will give you a real adventurous experience!
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This placement has flexible start dates with volunteers being able to join on every Monday in the month from April to September. Occasionally there are also specially arranged dates for the end of March and the beginning of October (please ask for details)
**Two week programme also available**
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| Project Fees |
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| Combination of Projects |
Yes you'll be able to combine this with many other Shumba conservation projects
Please see Combo Page for exciting ideas! |
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| What's Included |
1) Accommodation, Meals & Airport Transfers
2) Pre-departure Information and Support
3) Assistance with Flights & Travel Insurance
4) Project Booklet
5) Onsite Training and Guidance
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| Accommodation |
Luxury Bush Lodge |
| Food |
3 meals a day included |
| Transfer to/from airport |
Yes, in host country |
| Not Included |
Flights & travel insurance |
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