Lunga Luswishi Wildlife Project 

Zambian Wildlife Authority

Born Free Foundation
Born Free Foundation

ATS radio tracking equipment and Garman GPS units. HF Radios are used between the field and the support team whilst a satellite phone is available to field staff in emergenc

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Primate releases and anti-poaching.

1. To successfully re-introduce groups/troops of vervet monkeys and baboons back to the wild having been confiscated from illegal traders and owners.
2. To work hand-in-hand with the Zambian Wildlife Authority and their anti-poaching units to safeguard our released primates and the surrounding wildlife in the northern areas of Lunga Luswishi Game Management Area.

In addition to releasing and monitoring primates by radio-tracking, the staff co-ordinate anti-poaching activities and train scouts in basic wildlife monitoring techniques and the use of GPS’s in biological surveys.

To date over 70 orphaned and injured vervet monkeys and baboons have been given a second chance of a life back in the wild.  In 2005, an additional 50 will be released.  The project has also safeguarded the remaining wildlife populations in the area through its anti-poaching activities and helped to prevent poachers from entering the adjacent Kafue National Park, one of Zambia’s greatest wildlife assets.

In 2005 the projects hopes to continue to release captive primates back the wild and to support anti-poaching activities.  Efforts will also be made with regards staff training of Zambian counterparts at senior management level in research (using radio tracking equipment) and project management and increase capacity building amongst the anti-poaching Community Resource Board Scouts (especially with regards the use of GPS’s in anti-poaching work and biological surveys).

The project may also look at including the use of GIS in the coming years.

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