Snare removal project - Malawi

Small animals like, antelopes, porcupine and bushpig are hunted by setting snares in most parts of Africa.

In Malawi as well.

Most of those snares are made from wires and used in areas with long gras cover and forests, often near rivers or springs.

The animal gets trapped with its head or a leg. When the animal attempts to escape the snare loop tightens even more and the animal will die a slow and painful death.

 Occasionally also large game, like elephants and buffalos, gets caught in these loops. A young elephant was found in the Thuma forest reservation with a snare around its leg.

From May to December 2009 the Thuma scout team was able to  collect 514 wire snares and 51 bush knives (pangas), 5 axes and a saw were confiscated.

We support the " snare removal teams" in Thuma Forest Reserve with the payment of salaries and equipment. While the scout team are collecting snares, data is collected on all illegal activities (like poaching, illegal deforestation etc.) which will help to identify focus areas.

Please help and support the "Snare Removal Project" in Malawi here.