Elephant poaching in Zimbabwe’s Lower Zambezi Valley has fallen by 90% thanks to the nation’s first all-women ranger unit.
The Akashinga Rangers protect a 115-square-mile former trophy hunting reserve in one of Zimbabwe’s four key elephant strongholds.
Beyond tackling poaching, they also work with nearby communities to prevent human-wildlife conflict, using non-lethal deterrents like chili bricks to keep elephants away from crops and settlements.
For the women themselves, gaining employment as rangers has been life-changing, opening doors to home ownership, education, and the ability to provide for their families.
This is an amazing organization and the founder, Damien Mander has an amazing story too.
This is their website : https://www.akashinga.org/about-us/akashinga-rangers
They take donations if you have spare cash to support their work!
I love elephants and great women…
🎁 Curiosity Fuel: Strange Picks of the Day
🧄 Vampire-Repellent Elephant Bricks – Inspired by the Akashinga’s chili deterrents, these pungent blocks will keep elephants out of your crops and unwanted relatives out of your kitchen…
🎯 Anti-Poacher Laser Tripwire Kit – Motion sensors + a blinding disco strobe = poachers confused, elephants amused…
🌿 Eco-Friendly Bush Boots – Tough enough for Zimbabwe’s wild, stylish enough for your local farmer’s market…
🗺️ “Track Like a Ranger” GPS Watch – Follow your own adventures with the same precision used to guard 115 square miles of elephant territory. Great…
🐘 Elephant Whisperer Training Manual – Learn how to communicate with elephants without accidentally saying “your tusks look fake.” I love you…
🔊 Solar-Powered Ranger Radio – Because sometimes the best defense is calling in backup… or blasting ABBA into the bush…
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