Tag ranger training

26 Apr

Two Weeks on the Front Lines: TECC Training Across South Africa’s Rhino Protection Units

For the past two weeks, Chris Laursen has been on the ground across South Africa, delivering advanced Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) training to front-line anti-poaching teams protecting some of the world’s most threatened rhino populations. From the Eastern Cape to the Greater Kruger landscape, these trainings brought together foot patrol rangers and K9 response units operating in some of the highest-risk environments in modern conservation. Every patrol carries risk, not only from armed poachers, but from dangerous wildlife, environmental hazards, and the physical demands of remote field work. Ensuring rangers are medically prepared to respond under pressure can mean the difference between life and death.

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4 Feb

Mounted Anti-Poaching Unit Cross Training Day

The anti-poaching recruits got to learn about horse care, mounted patrols, participated in several drills to show the advantages of the horses, and put some time in helping to tidy […]

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16 Dec

Trauma and Tactical Care Under Fire and Firearms Courses for Rangers

Over the past two weeks, we have had instructors presenting sponsored Trauma and Tactical Care Under Fire and Firearms Courses for rangers in the Greater Kruger National Park and the […]

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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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10 Feb

GCF Receives Grant from ‘The San Diego Foundation’

We would like to send a rhino-sized ‘Thank you!’ to the Wheatly Family Foundation Fund The Wheatly Family Foundation requested a grant from the San Diego Foundation for our wildlife […]

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