Mashable Deals | Meet the Female Rangers Protecting Zimbabwe's Elephants @MashableNews | Uploaded May 2018 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
In a local dialect "Akashinga" means "The braves ones" and this is how this women's anti-poaching unit is called. Founded by Damien Mander at the International Anti-Poaching Foundation, the armed group has already made 42 arrests leading to sentences of up to 9 years. The ranger unit deploys across Zimbabwe's lower Zambezi valley, an area that used to be a trophy hunting reserve, but now local communities are reclaiming it to help preserve one of Africa's largest elephant populations.
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In a local dialect "Akashinga" means "The braves ones" and this is how this women's anti-poaching unit is called. Founded by Damien Mander at the International Anti-Poaching Foundation, the armed group has already made 42 arrests leading to sentences of up to 9 years. The ranger unit deploys across Zimbabwe's lower Zambezi valley, an area that used to be a trophy hunting reserve, but now local communities are reclaiming it to help preserve one of Africa's largest elephant populations.
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