DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

It is estimated that Lake Kariba is losing between 10 and 15 tons of fish per day to organized poaching operations. Top officials, who purport to be guardians of the environment, are the actual perpetrators of this crime.

Fish are netted in the rivers flowing out of the Kariba basin, which are restricted breeding areas. Fish swim down the rivers to spawn and are netted before the roe has a chance to hatch. We are not only facing the total decimation of the Tiger Fish population in Kariba, which is a tourist attraction in its self, but also the total collapse of the kapenta fishing industry.

Another big concern is the damage which is occuring in our river beds in their search for gold, illegal gold panners are digging enormous holes and not refilling them, so when the rains come, all the loose soil is going to be washed into the Limpopo and the Zambezi. This will cause siltation which will result in another flood disaster.

Thousands upon thousands of trees some of which are indigenous to Zimbabwe are being chopped down by the land settlers. There are now vast tracts of barren land where there was once lush vegetation. Zimbabwe is beginning to bear a strong resemblance to Botswana.

You can make a difference. Funds are required to finance anti-poaching patrols and for medication necessary for wildlife rescue operations. If you would like to help please contact us.

" Those who try to do something and fail, are to be preferred to those who do nothing and succeed. "