OF ZAMBEZE
DELTA
6
SPORTSMEN’S MONTHLY
Relocated lions adapted perfectly to their
new home in Mozambique. In their first
season, prides produced cubs and nearly
doubled the lion population of the Delta.
and adventure, and a place where the
mind of man is capable of anything; a
hallowed hunting ground immortalized
by the words of Ruark, Hemmingway
and Roosevelt, and a cautionary tale
of political corruption, socio-economic
turmoil and greed that stands witness
to the greatest atrocities and darkest
hearts as narrated by Conrad.
It is against this historical backdrop
that Huntervationists ply their trade in
Africa. Enjoying the adventure and hunt
of exotic game in wild landscapes found
in countries with booming populations
born to abject poverty, political
upheaval and warfare.
Year after year, it is through the
efforts of Huntervationists and the
North American Model of Conservation
that many populations of game survive
in Africa; it is the only model that
successfully mitigates conflicts with
humans, provides financial and other
incentives to locals while simultaneously
funding conservation and anti-poaching
efforts that ensure the sustainability of
those species and ecosystems.
And now a Huntervationist partnership
in Mozambique has undertaken one of
the greatest wildlife restoration projects
ever attempted on the continent.
Mozambique Reborn
After more than 400 years of Portuguese
rule, the people of Mozambique fought
a 10-year war for independence, which
they won in 1975. But the victory and
peace was short lived. By 1977, a nasty
civil war, exacerbated by global cold-war
politics, gripped the country as Marxist
Hunter-conservationists
created and have funded
the North American
Model of Conservation
for more than a century.
“Huntervationists” used
that model to rescue
multiple species from
the brink of extinction
after habitat destruction
and market hunting ran
amok in the 18th and 19th
Centuries.
It is the most effective
wildlife management
practice on the planet,
and its successes extend
far beyond our shores.
In no other place in
the world is this more
evident or important
than in Africa. The Dark
Continent’s turbulent
history has created a
duality that makes it
at once the cradle of
mankind, the epitome of
nature’s wonder