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Mozambique: Rio Save Game Reserve Imports Buffalo
18 July 2013



Maputo — The Rio Save Company is to import more than 700 buffalo over the next seven years to meet the demand from big game hunters.

The buffalo are a key part of the major project to restore the hunting area known as "Coutada 9" in Macossa district in the central Mozambican province of Manica.

The details were revealed during an official visit to the area by the Minister of Tourism, Carvalho Muaria.

Cited in the daily newspaper "Noticias", the director of the company, Adamo Assane Valy, explained that the master plan is to diversify and increase the animal population to give greater choice to visitors.

Valy stated that the buffalo will be imported from Zimbabwe. Contracts have been signed and the first group will be moved to Macossa at the end of this year.

He added that the Rio Save Company has entered into an agreement with Gorongosa National Park, located in the neighbouring province of Sofala, to promote diversity through the exchange of species.

The Rio Save Company has been operating for seven years in Macossa, where it has the concessions for the hunting areas "Coutada 4", "Coutada 5" and "Coutada 9".

It has invested over three million US dollars on bringing in new species, opening roads, constructing camps, creating water holes, and installing solar power.

Valy told the Minister that the company had imported 12 lions from South Africa to discourage poachers.

Good news for Mokore, Western and Gajojo safaris! They have been working on this for some time now.

So where those pen raised Lions?

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Originally posted by 505ED:
So where those pen raised Lions?

They were brought in from SA some time ago but I believe they are living and breeding in the wild in C9 now.

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Originally posted by Safari2:

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Originally posted by 505ED:
So where those pen raised Lions?

They were brought in from SA some time ago but I believe they are living and breeding in the wild in C9 now.

See article in African Hunting Gazette....

http://www.africanhuntinggazet...cle&id=157&Itemid=25

Now that's one rodeo I'd like to watch
from a near distance.
Wonder just how they plan to get 'em to cooperate. Doubt they can be driven with any success.
George

Excelllent, I wish we would hear more good news lik this!

Great news

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Originally posted by Caracal:
Excelllent, I wish we would hear more good news lik this!

+1

Guys,

This has been a long battle for the Duckworths. If this all happens as it should Coutada 9 will offer one of the best buffalo/PG experiences in Sothern Africa. Coutada 9 is the best unfenced PG hunting I've ever seen and particularly good for the spiral horns but few buffalo are there.

As for the lions be assured they are wild. Clients tell me the night noises near camp will give you a chill.

Mark

Great news for Moz, but I can't help but wonder about the effects of removing 700 buffalo from Zimbabwe - what might be the effects resulting from this "exchange of species"? Even spread out over 7 years that seems like a pretty sizeable reduction in population (depending on the donor area).

I believe Gorongosa NP is in Mozambique.

Brett

Even more confusing - as the OP says buff will come from Zimbabwe, then mentions an agreement with Gorongosa NP - then a google search on Gorongosa shows several articles about encouraging eco-tourism and conserving wildlife...

I don't think the buffalo from Zim and the agreement with Gorongosa are related.

Gorongosa is overrun with waterbuck and I am sure that is the species that C9 is looking at initially from there. As far as what would be traded..maybe eland?

Safari2

That was my interpretation also. I don't think the blurb about Gorongosa was related to the buffalo transfer.

Mark

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Originally posted by MARK H. YOUNG:
Guys,

This has been a long battle for the Duckworths. If this all happens as it should Coutada 9 will offer one of the best buffalo/PG experiences in Sothern Africa. Coutada 9 is the best unfenced PG hunting I've ever seen and particularly good for the spiral horns but few buffalo are there.

As for the lions be assured they are wild. Clients tell me the night noises near camp will give you a chill.

Mark

Mark..do you know how many buff will be involved in that 1st shipment?

Safari2

The original post says 100 per year. I have not spoken to Gary Duckworth about it but I will.

Mark

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Originally posted by MARK H. YOUNG:
Safari2

The original post says 100 per year. I have not spoken to Gary Duckworth about it but I will.

Mark

Yes let me know...Thanks

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Originally posted by Acer:
Great news for Moz, but I can't help but wonder about the effects of removing 700 buffalo from Zimbabwe - what might be the effects resulting from this "exchange of species"? Even spread out over 7 years that seems like a pretty sizeable reduction in population (depending on the donor area).

Acer

I would guess they would come from the likes of BVC (population about 4000), Save (probably same pop as BVC) and/or Gonarezou NP (many buff)..at 100 per year wouldn't even miss them from any of these areas.

Saw where Gorongosa received 35 eland today..I am sure it was part of this project.

Guys,

Sadly the Zim government has refused to issue the export permits for the buffalo.

Mark

obviously the bribe wasn't big enough......

I think other countries should take an example from Moz
Zimbabwe probably looks at it as competition to their hunting industry.
That makes perfect sense. Individual states here in states do it to each other.

Shame on the buffalo..but I did get confirmation from Gorongosa (via Facebook site) that the eland were indeed from C-9.

Barrie & Neil Duckworth have a very large double-fenced intital holding paddock @ Coutada 9 and are waiting for the political machinations, as such, to allow the procurement of the buffalo. Great hunting there for many other species at present.

Just saw where Gorongosa received 7 zebra today with waterbuck going to C9 in exchange for the eland and zebra.

Who is providing the backing for this enterprise? Or are the Duckworths funding it themselves?

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Mozambique: Gile National Reserve Receiving Buffaloes
30 September 2013



Maputo — The Gile National Reserve in Zambezia province is in the process of receiving about 50 buffaloes from the northern province of Niassa.

According to Radio Mozambique, 22 buffaloes have so far been translocated - bringing the reserve's total to 45.

Once the process is completed, Gile will have seventy buffaloes according to the reserve's technical advisor, Eric Blaten. He stated that this would be a significant gain for the province and the country.

The process of restocking buffaloes at Gile began last year in an attempt to avoid the species' extinction.

The reserve has the potential for breeding various animals, including elephants. However, one of the major challenges is the threat of poaching.

Gile National Reserve covers an area of around 210,000 hectares and is renowned for its exceptional biodiversity. It was set up in 1932 as a hunting reserve.

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Originally posted by Kathi:
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Mozambique: Gile National Reserve Receiving Buffaloes



30 September 2013



Maputo — The Gile National Reserve in Zambezia province is in the process of receiving about 50 buffaloes from the northern province of Niassa.

According to Radio Mozambique, 22 buffaloes have so far been translocated - bringing the reserve's total to 45.

Once the process is completed, Gile will have seventy buffaloes according to the reserve's technical advisor, Eric Blaten. He stated that this would be a significant gain for the province and the country.

The process of restocking buffaloes at Gile began last year in an attempt to avoid the species' extinction.

The reserve has the potential for breeding various animals, including elephants. However, one of the major challenges is the threat of poaching.

Gile National Reserve covers an area of around 210,000 hectares and is renowned for its exceptional biodiversity. It was set up in 1932 as a hunting reserve.

This is good..too bad they can get any down to C-9...a bit too far from Niassa I suspect. It seems like Mozambique is headed in the right direction generally speaking.