MORE GUNS CONFISCATED!

February has been very quiet so far. I am now over my Malaria and all seems well.

Last week we had many elephants around the lodge which is always exciting especially at night. All you hear is the braking of branches, heavy breathing, farting and the occasional trumpet. They came very close to the chalets and houses so you had to be careful. It has been known for people to walk into an elephant at night.

20 plus dogs were seen near the Lower Lingadzi but no photos were taken. If anyone wants to donate digital cameras to the scouts the would help greatly with recording of the wildlife.

There have been a few kudu at the dam but not a lot else.

The anti poaching initiative seems to be going well and the amount of arrests and guns has reduced significantly. Only 4 guns have been confiscated so far in January and February. These are very cleverly designed and one day when I get time I will study their design to see how they all work.

We are forming an alliance of all interested parties who want to help develop Kasungu NP and so far the meetings have gone well. Its looks like there are several groups which will help and their ideas and ideology are inspiring to me.

A member of WESM from Blantyre is going to arrange for a classical music evening in Blantyre and all funds will come to my project which will be a great help. Please support this if you can.

I am back in Lilongwe at the moment and will be leaving for South Africa, Kruger, Swaziland and Hluhluwe for a bit of a break before I return to the UK for a while.