Conservation & CSR

As part of the Company’s innovative, creative and effective three – pronged approach towards wildlife conservation i.e. protect the natural habitats, protect these habitats natural resources and provide humanitarian enhancement to the local communities in order to ensure that the hunting heritage is enjoyed by many generations to come, the companyis investing in community based projects such as building schools, providing educational materials, building health care facilities, clinging water wells and provides such facilities and services which minimize the completion for natural resources between the local communities and the wildlife population.

There is also the aspect of investing in personnel and facilities into joint patrols (Government, Company and Local Communities) in tracking the wildlife population and anti-poaching surveillance. This research survey and monitoring is likely to go on for several years in a hunting concession before animal populations are judged as healthy and a sustainable management plan and harvesting programme can be adopted and this is likely to be costly. The cost for promotion and maintaining the conservation efforts is quite high, therefore the company is to request the clients to pay a surcharge of 20% on their game fees to fund conservation and community development projects in and around the hunting concession area.

Bushman hunting safaris is committed in implementing the Tanzania government wildlife management policies, the convention on the international trade of endangered species (CITES) and other international conservation agreements.

Bushman hunting safaris

• will defend the principle of big game hunting with ethics of the preservation of wildlife in collaborating the global hunting community
• will collaborate closely and permanently with the government authorities in charge of wildlife, environment and big game hunting
• will promote and support any project connected with the preservation of wildlife and its biotope

The Wildlife Conservation Act, 2009 No. 12 specifically states:

(1) No person shall

• In hunting an animal, use any firearm capable of firing more than one cartridge as a result of one pressure of the trigger or any automatic rifle.
• Hunt any animal during the dark hours or the period between sunset and sunrise.
• Hunt within one kilometre from an aerodrome.
• Leave on any hunting site, litter, refuse, unburnt trophy, drying racks or a burning fire or leave such site in a state likely to constitute a danger to the public or animal health.
• Hunt the young of any animal or any female which is apparently pregnant or which is accompanied by its young.
• Hunt any animal except under and in accordance with the condition of a valid hunting permit issued to him.
• Except by and in accordance with the written authority of the Director previously sought and obtained, beyond the boundaries of the hunting block allocated to him.
• Hunt within two kilometre from a boundary of a national park.
• For the purpose of hunting or while on a hunting trip, camp within one hundred meters from a water or within two kilometers from a boundary of a national park.
• Leave any animal carcass within a kilometre of any aerodrome, or any public road.

(2) Any person who is a holder of a professional hunter’s license and in the course of him conducting tourist hunting, he shall be obliged to take all necessary trophy measurements of the animal so shot and fill in the space provided for on the hunting permit or any other form as may be determined by the Director.