Category Mounted Anti Poaching Unit Project

10 Jul

GLAZA Awards GCF With Second Grant To Support Mounted Anti Poaching Unit

We are honored to receive our second grant from GLAZA in support of our mounted anti poaching unit. The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association has awarded GCF a $2,000 grant. […]

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25 Apr

Thank you for supporting our Mounted Anti Poaching Unit Efforts

After a busy morning training rangers, in South Africa, Mike and the Instructors team left the training course to go visit our mounted anti poaching unit.   This was the […]

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2 Feb

Mounted Anti Poaching Unit Update – January 2019

Sitting in the dawn of my second week in Africa and it is easy for me to think I’ve not accomplished much since our horses are not yet in place. […]

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1 Feb

Mounted Unit Update | December 2018 to January 2019

December 2018 Update December has been a relaxed month for the horses. With poaching threats high and a few festivities in between, the horses have been able to enjoy a […]

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3 Oct

Making Progress With Our Mounted Anti Poaching Unit

We’ve seen great progress in our mounted anti poaching unit in recent months! Pictured below the team oversees a rhino veterinary procedure. This is a great step forward for training […]

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25 Aug

Mounted Anti Poaching Units

What is a mounted anti-poaching unit?  An addition of horses to an anti-poaching team. Much like dogs have been brought into the poaching crisis for their specific skill set, horses […]

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31 May

A Close Call For One Of Our Rhino Protection Unit Horses

Last week we had a close call with Lily, one of the GCF sponsored mounted anti poaching unit horses that is part of one our rhino protection units in South […]

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4 May

Community based conservation education day with Amakhala Foundation and the Mounted Anti-Poaching Unit

With great ‘Thanks!’ to the Amakhala Foundation we were able to facilitate bringing horses to the Sidbury Primary School (South Africa) to better help connect the community kids with animals. […]

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1 May

Mounted Anti Poaching Units Update – Patrol, Gear Sponsorship, and Ranger Training

Roxane Losey, GCF Director & Mounted Anti Poaching Unit Coordinator, has been hard-at-work while on GCF deployment in South Africa. To start, Roxane met up with our conservation partner Grant […]

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10 Dec

Mounted Anti Poaching Unit Update – December

We are thrilled to announce the next developments in our Mounted Anti Poaching Unit collaboration project. With the support of donors, from World Rhino Day 2017, LA, and donors from […]

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