3. Wildlife in general and Harloo contributing to conservation.

3.1 In a few newsletters ago we mentioned that we (Harloo Safaris) are now part of the IBA (Important bird and biodiversity area). Well by being part of that we had to create Harloo into a vulture safe zone. There is a few criteria to be followed to be able to qualify as a vulture safe zone. One of the criteria is to urge on our hunters to hunt with lead free bullets. Vultures get lead poisoning by eating bones and meat from animals that was harvested with lead bullets.
 
Please read more about this below.
 
Vultures are among Africa’s most threatened wildlife, with five of South Africa’s nine species listed as Critically Endangered or Endangered by the IUCN. Within southern Africa, vultures have suffered rapid population declines of up to 80% over the last decade and have been lost across large portions of their historical distributions. Vultures provide vital ecosystem sanitation services and play a critical role in the health of the environment. Although pertinent threats such as habitat loss, persecution, collisions with and electrocutions on powerlines are drivers, their demise is largely due to direct and indirect poisoning. Throughout southern Africa, the threats driving vulture population declines are complex and vary substantially from one region to the next. To address this dynamic threat landscape, the Multi-species Action Plan for the conservation of African-Eurasian Vultures (Vulture MSAP) (Botha et al. 2017) has identified the implementation and establishment of Vulture Safe Zones (VSZs) as a priority conservation intervention. The application of VSZs provides targeted, spatially explicit conservation action to address the major risks to vultures. Within these zones, the most prevalent threats to vultures can be identified, actively mitigated and, where possible, removed from the landscape. An important step in this process is the direct involvement of landowners in the establishment of VSZs, convincing owners of large tracts of land to manage their properties in ways that will create safe spaces for vultures. This ensures that existing vulture populations can stabilize and persist. Importantly, the application of VSZs has the potential to encourage vultures back to their traditional home ranges and breeding sites.
 

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