Unless corruption is rooted out from top to bottom, the amazing work of conservationists and game rangers will always be an uphill battle
Wildebeest in Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve. Picture: REUTERS/THOMAS MUKOYA
As the iconic conservationist Sir David Attenborough observes: “The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?” Yet above the often-poor local poachers risking their lives on the ground are international crime syndicates, often based in East Asian countries such as China and Vietnam, with their insatiable thirst for ivory, protected by politicians and officials getting backhanders, and in my novel directing operations.
Those who followed the Zondo state capture commission hearings — or who have read journalist Ferial Haffajee’s new book,— will be all too familiar with the SA state capture scandal. But they may not link it to wildlife poaching, where game reserves sometimes resemble war zones, the military hardware ever more ominous, the ruthless killers ever more ruthless.
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