© Dominic Cruz Heading out on a cold August morning. © Andrei Daniel Mihalca Two white rhino – horns blunted after removal – form a striking image in Greater Kruger. © Alastair Stewart A herd of buffalo rushes down to Chitake Springs to drink, raising a cloud of dust. Here are the best submissions for this week A view to a kill. Proudly brought to you by Hemmersbach Rhino Force and Natural Selection. Judging for Photographer of the Year will take place throughout those months and for the month of May 2022, and the winners will be announced end May 2022.
We are open for entries from 1 February 2022 to midnight on 30 April 2022.
Winners and their partners will also join our CEO Simon Espley and his wife Lizz on the ultimate private safariin Botswana. Our Photographer of the Year 2022 is open for submissions, with cash prizes of US$10,000 for the winner and two runners-up. WATCH: Super tuskers – huge, gentle, majestic icons of a species under pressure (0:36) Posted by teamAG 18 February, 2022 18 February, 2022 Posted in Opinion Editorial Photographer of the Year 2022 Weekly Selection: Week 2 This is a fully catered mobile safari that journeys to Moremi and Khwai.ĭID YOU KNOW: Familiar voice: HIPPOS recognise vocalisations from individuals and respond differently to those of “strangers” 3 places left – 6 days in the magical Botswana wilderness for US$2,215.Check out the low price for club members in the info section on the right. Stay 4, pay 3 at the stunning & luxurious Tintswalo Safari Lodge in the Big 5 Manyeleti Game Reserve (Greater Kruger, South Africa).We have added two lip-smacking special offers to our travel desk – each of which offers an epic safari at seldom-seen prices. Photographer of the Year 2022 entries for Week 2 are here! Enter for a chance to win your share of US$10,000 and a Botswana safari. You can check out these safaris on our website and these camps and lodges in our private travel and conservation club.Įndearing, comical and almost alien – these giraffe gazelle are high on the safari bucket list That’s why our team of safari experts is constantly planning once-in-a-lifetime experiences for our AG tribe. And quite a bit of preparation.īeing at the right place at the right time takes planning: working out itineraries, seeking out expert guides, finding the best route and transport, and the ideal spot to lay your head. All you need is a little patience, and a pinch of luck. There is an extraordinary experience waiting around every corner of wild Africa. Our first story deals with a rather photogenic, cheerful, and comical subject: the gawky gerenuk of East Africa. You can indulge in these experiences in our second story below.
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What goes into taking the perfect photograph?Īll of the photographers featured in this week’s Photographer of the Year selection can attest to the power of being at the exact right place at the right time: at a waterhole in Addo Elephant National Park as hyenas take down a kudu on the banks of Chitake Springs as a herd of buffalo storms in to drink up at the crack of dawn to capture the vapours of a lion’s warm breath on a cold Maasai Mara morning tracking an Ethiopian wolf on the Sanetti Plateau moments before it hunts or waiting out the pouring rain for the reward of a dramatic cheetah hunt in Phinda. She should address the REAL ISSUES that hamper efforts to save rhinos – like endemic corruption at all levels of government. She is blessed with hard-working, loyal staff in the reserves – and yet she ignores their input. Perhaps anti-poaching funding is due for renewal, and this was a publicity stunt? It’s time for our minister to extract ground-level info and shift from spin doctoring to factual accuracy.
My network suggests that about 1,500 Kruger rhinos remain (2020 estimate was 2,809) – from 11,026 a decade ago. 451 rhinos were poached last year, of which +/- 320 were from government reserves/parks.
The poaching numbers from 2021 suggest that she is either misinformed or intentionally DEFLECTING focus from the facts. However, again she ignored the primary reason for the reduced poaching – the 75% plummet in Kruger rhino populations over the last 10 years.īUT this time, she went one step further – claiming a ‘shift in poaching to private reserves’ and suggesting that government anti-poaching units were doing so well that they could now educate private landowners. South Africa’s Minister of the Environment – Barbara Creecy – hosted this CRINGEWORTHY scripted ‘interview’ a few days ago, where she again heralded the drop in rhino poaching numbers as a ‘step-change in anti-poaching activities’. Subscribe here to receive the newsletter.įinest photos + celebrating glorious gerenuks + sidestepping rhino realities This is a copy of our weekly email newsletter. Fancy a bit of this? Visit our travel & conservation club for the lowest prices at Africa’s best camps & lodges.
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