The Snares to Wares Initiative

Project Animal(s) : Kob, hartebeest, and bushbucks
Project Category : Mammals
Project Region : Africa
Project Type : Conservation
Project URL : https://www.recaplaboratory.com/snares-to-wares.html
Project is timebound? : No

One of the greatest threats to the survival of large mammals in East African National Parks is wire snaring. Wire snares, harvested from the innards of disused vehicle tires, are used to capture bushmeat. The intended targets are medium-sized mammals such as kob, hartebeest, and bushbucks. However, these rudimentary traps are indiscriminate and just as capable of catching species such as elephants, giraffes, and lions. While this may appear to be a wildlife conservation problem, the quest for the root of wire snaring reveals that this is actually a human livelihood issue. Our Snares to Wares Initiative seeks to address the well-being of human communities bordering National Parks in East Africa so that via human livelihood improvement we can simultaneously benefit wildlife conservation.

Project Agency : RECaP Laboratory

Project Agency Contact : https://www.recaplaboratory.com/