DAPU- Thanks 2014

07 January 2015, 13:07

Buzz Charlton

DAPU- Thanks 2014

DAPU and CMS would like to thank all of the following people for the VERY generous contributions . With out these contributions DAPU would not have made the huge inpact that it did in 2014!!! THANK YOU to the following

Saeed Al Maktoum
David Adams
Jytte Mejnertsen
Mike Jines
Bob Keeler
Jeff Norman
Jerry Jurena
David Maple
Marty Vick
Per-Arne Ahlen
Mike Core
Jerry Dollar
Carl Nagell
Brett Barnes
Zdenek Sedmik
Casey Terry
SCi Houston
Carey Renner
Martinus van der Reyden
and several anonymous donations

I will be posting a basic break down on what was accomplished in the next few days and for anyone who is interested in the financials please email me direct and I will happy supply that- every cent is accounted for! Thanks again your support to DAPU and to Dande as a whole is invaluable! Cheers Buzz

07 January 2015, 14:25

fairgame

A big round of applause.

07 January 2015, 15:22

Odin

07 January 2015, 16:26

Buzz Charlton

FOR THE YEAR 2014 DAPU ACHIEVED THE FOLLOWING-

SNARES REMOVED- 2375
DOGS SHOT- 7
MEAT POACHERS CONVICTED- 20
ELE POACHERS CONVICTED - 4
ELE POACHERS DECEASED - 2
WEAPONS RETRIEVED- 22
REWARDS PAID- US$9525

2015- We have started strongly with arresting 4 meat poachers who killed a zebra

07 January 2015, 16:34

Thierry Labat

Congrats to all the contributors and to you and your team Buzza. However, I think DAPU could improve on the deceased elephant poachers column!!

07 January 2015, 19:45

Buzz Charlton

Thierry that column my go up tonight as we have a raid on some poachers that shot an ele last night!

On a separate note I would like to apologies to George DeBell who I hunted with earlier this year who also made a super donation through CF. Unfortunately CF have been so busy with trying to reverse the ivory ban etc that we have not been notified of some donations- if this applies to anyone else please drop me a line so I can thank you directly as I feel very embarrassed as in Georges case- Thanks George!

The new revised list!!

George DeBell
Saeed Al Maktoum
David Adams
Jytte Mejnertsen
Mike Jines
Bob Keeler
Jeff Norman
Jerry Jurena
David Maple
Marty Vick
Per-Arne Ahlen
Mike Core
Jerry Dollar
Carl Nagell
Brett Barnes
Zdenek Sedmik
Casey Terry
SCi Houston
Carey Renner
Martinus van der Reyden
and several anonymous donations

07 January 2015, 20:27

MJines

Just another great example of how hunters and hunting organizations actually walk the talk as opposed to conservation and animal rights groups that more often than not are all talk and little to no action. Well done DAPU.

07 January 2015, 21:07

Jeff SN

Great job Buzz. I will see you at SCI with what I can donate again this year. For those of you who have not been to the CMS website, go to DAPU, they have a fantastic breakdown of the cost they are dealing with. You might think, oh I don't have enough to help out but you do. Flashlights, knives, hats, and so on, these guys need this stuff and will use it to the fullest.
Once again Buzz and Myles, thanks for doing so much to protect the great hunting you have by way of your efforts to stop poaching.
See you next month in Vegas, Jeff

07 January 2015, 22:55

Marty

All encouraging, Buzz. In view of what the survey said about ele populations in the valley, very much needed.
Since I'll be sending a bit of money for 2016 soon, I'll add a bit for DAPU.

07 January 2015, 23:10

Jan Dumon

Good work Buzz.

08 January 2015, 03:36

Richard T. Cheatham

Well done Buzz. Keep up the great work.

08 January 2015, 05:53

Aaron Neilson

quote:
Originally posted by Buzz Charlton:
Thierry that column my go up tonight as we have a raid on some poachers that shot an ele last night!

On a separate note I would like to apologies to George DeBell who I hunted with earlier this year who also made a super donation through CF. Unfortunately CF have been so busy with trying to reverse the ivory ban etc that we have not been notified of some donations- if this applies to anyone else please drop me a line so I can thank you directly as I feel very embarrassed as in Georges case- Thanks George!

The new revised list!!

George DeBell
Saeed Al Maktoum
David Adams
Jytte Mejnertsen
Mike Jines
Bob Keeler
Jeff Norman
Jerry Jurena
David Maple
Marty Vick
Per-Arne Ahlen
Mike Core
Jerry Dollar
Carl Nagell
Brett Barnes
Zdenek Sedmik
Casey Terry
SCi Houston
Carey Renner
Martinus van der Reyden
and several anonymous donations

Thank you - to them all!!! Great work Buzz.

08 January 2015, 06:00

ledvm

quote:
Originally posted by Buzz Charlton:
FOR THE YEAR 2014 DAPU ACHIEVED THE FOLLOWING-

SNARES REMOVED- 2375
DOGS SHOT- 7
MEAT POACHERS CONVICTED- 20
ELE POACHERS CONVICTED - 4
ELE POACHERS DECEASED - 2
WEAPONS RETRIEVED- 22
REWARDS PAID- US$9525

2015- We have started strongly with arresting 4 meat poachers who killed a zebra

Good work guys!

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08 January 2015, 06:24

Saeed

quote:
Originally posted by MJines:
Just another great example of how hunters and hunting organizations actually walk the talk as opposed to conservation and animal rights groups that more often than not are all talk and little to no action. Well done DAPU.

Mike,

It actually goes much further than that.

Hunters pay from their own pockets for conservation.

So called "animal rights" organizations - like HSUS and PETA take money from Joe Public on false pretenses, line their own pockets, and end up murdering more animals than they save!!

Buzz,

You are doing great work, and setting a great example.

Please keep it up.

08 January 2015, 06:38

MJines

quote:
Originally posted by Saeed:
quote:
Originally posted by MJines:
Just another great example of how hunters and hunting organizations actually walk the talk as opposed to conservation and animal rights groups that more often than not are all talk and little to no action. Well done DAPU.

Mike,

It actually goes much further than that.

Hunters pay from their own pockets for conservation.

So called "animal rights" organizations - like HSUS and PETA take money from Joe Public on false pretenses, line their own pockets, and end up murdering more animals than they save!!

Buzz,

You are doing great work, and setting a great example.

Please keep it up.

Saeed,

To your point about animal rights groups taking money from the public on false pretenses, the ASPCA is running a commercial currently that is a perfect example. The commercial is almost two minutes long and is a pitiful and abhorrent play on pure emotions. It has been running during prime time over the holidays.

But to show you what we are up against, I decided to check on the ASPCA. Their total revenues for fiscal year 2012 were over $160 million . . . $160 million. And that is one organization. If winning the political, public relations and social media war comes down to money . . . we're toast.

11 January 2015, 12:53

Buzz Charlton

Thanks for the comments Guys. Bongi our main DAPU guy in the East arrested two Mozambique poachers armed with the most amazing muzzle loaders-

Interesting story though- while on patrol they heard a dog yapping and went to investigate which lead to the two poachers been arrested. The the dog which lead to the poachers demise was yapping because it had been caught and eventually killed by a huge python- unfortunately the poachers were in the act ( successfully) of killing the python when they were arrested. I have a few pics taken with Bongis cell phone and will see if I can post!

I would also like to thank Odin- the "great Norwegian hunter" for his donation! Cheers Buzz

11 January 2015, 23:06

boarkiller

Buzz, I would think, hunting brings lots of money to Zim Game dept. So one would think they ( Zim Game dept ) would make utmost effort financially and physically to protect all the hunting areas as they make them most money.
That way private donations could be used in other ways to help concessions.
Just wondering about all this as I really don't have a clue about the whole process in Zim

" Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins.
When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar.
Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan
PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move...

Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies...
Only fools hope to live forever
“ Hávamál”

12 January 2015, 00:02

Guy Whittall

Congrats Buzz,CMS on taking the initiative and setting up DAPU.Anti-poaching is not cheap and financially not possible to fund with the current concession and community fees.
Not only but Parks and wildlife as well as communities do not have the capacity to protect wild life areas.

Follks at the end of the day if the operators do not stand up and pay attention to their areas we will lose more concessions to human encroachment.

a special thanx to all the contributors and the men on the ground that have taken up the fight to protect our heritage.

12 January 2015, 09:56

Buzz Charlton

Thanks Guy. Boarkiller- in theory you are correct. As the custodians of Parks areas such as where we hunt, National Parks are supposed to do all the anti-poaching. However the reality is, as Guy says, they simply do not have the capacity to. There are many reasons for this but mismanagement of their funds is obviously the big one!

Bottom line though if we do not do it it does not get done. Can you imagine- the National Parks has 1 land cruiser that is in a state of disrepair ( 4 wheel drive does not work even!!) to Patrol well over a million acres!

12 January 2015, 11:21

Balule

Boarkiller - You are absolutely correct, but the efficiency of Africa in terms of theft, nepotism and corruption cannot be described! The cultural gap between Africa and Western values are huge.

Between hunting on private land in the RSA and Namibia and the DAPU model CMS are using for the rest of Africa all our hunting in the future will have to be accommodated. Where anti-poaching is not supported directly by hunting fees or indirectly by donations from hunters there will be nothing to hunt.

The anti-hunting brigade hasnt got the fibre and backbone for the funding and hard work on the ground to control poaching. The only place they can wage any campaign is through the media.