South Africa’s bush is where you’ll find the (nearly) all-female Black Mambas, who are as venomous as their namesake serpents when it comes to poachers.
“We want kids to go home and tell their uncles a live rhino is worth more than a dead rhino,” a Mamba named Jody explained after pointing out a set of rhino tracks.
Shut your trap: Mambas decommission a snare, one of the nastier weapons poachers use to catch even elephants.Derius Erasmus/www.3destudios.co Most poachers can’t afford to put food on the table for themselves, let alone for pets. Since the pandemic started, poaching is on the rise. The Mambas recently took up gardening, often handing out food to local communities. Eventually, they’ll sell produce to Pondoro Game Lodge where I’m staying. They desperately need money. I notice their two-seater truck, which ferries five women, is missing mirrors and seat padding. It’s also dangerously low on fuel.
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