ONLY a few days left for an exciting opportunity to help conserve Zimbabwe’s wildlife by supporting
the Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit’s (VFAPU) annual fundraising golf day to be held
in Harare this Friday, September 20.
While the field is filling fast, there is still space for more teams to enter, as well as for
businesses or individuals to sponsor greens, tee-boxes and prizes in the event
organised by hospitality group Africa Albida Tourism.
VFAPU head of operations Charles Brightman said the US$30,000 raised at the
Borrowdale Brooke Golf Club event last year was vital in ensuring that its operations
against all forms of poaching in the Victoria Falls region could continue.
“Our operations last year and so far this year have produced positive results – 166
poachers have been apprehended, and we’ve been able to save 19 mammals injured
by poaching activities, including three elephant and six buffalo,” Brightman said.
During 2018, VFAPU also removed a total of 215 wires snares from the bush
surrounding Victoria Falls, while a further 56 have been retrieved so far this year, he
said. He appealed for support to ensure this vital work continued.
Africa Albida Tourism (AAT) chief executive Ross Kennedy said VFAPU had always
been a major part of the hospitality group’s corporate social responsibility program.
Every cent raised through the VFAPU Golf Day goes directly to VFAPU, and in the last
six years alone US$145,000 has been raised for the unit through this event, Kennedy
added. AAT bears the costs of coordinating the event.
Up to 144 players, making up 36 teams, participate in the VFAPU Golf Day, which will
also include giveaways, lunch, drinks, dinner, entertainment and prizes.
Since VFAPU was established in 1999, the unit has arrested 792 serious poachers,
removed nearly 22 500 wire snares and rescued 243 mammals injured by snares,
treating them and releasing them back into the wild.
VFAPU, which works closely with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management
Authority and the Zimbabwe Republic Police, operates in a 50kmsq area around
Victoria Falls, and has 17 scouts patrolling seven days a week.
For more information on the VFAPU Golf Day and how you can help conserve
Zimbabwe’s wildlife please e mail: golf@africaalbida.co.zw
Image Caption: Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit scouts on patrol on the edge of
the Zambezi River.
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