African Wildlife Security

A wildlife management security strategy is a multi-facetted process of which counter poaching is just one of several components. AWS view the following elements as part of a holistic approach to protecting not only Fauna and Flora, but also staff, owners, visitors and other people that may visit or stay on a wildlife management area / reserve, be that a PA (Protected Area), Municipal- or Provincial Nature or Private Game Reserve.

Regular security assessments to develop and maintain an appropriate and effective wildlife management security strategy / Area Integrity Plan / Security Plan.
Deployment of well-trained and experienced law enforcement rangers consisting of a combination of:
- Area Integrity Rangers (Managerial level)
- Counter Poaching Rangers
- Field Rangers
Deployment of appropriate and state-of-the-art tactical law enforcement equipment to provide a tactical advantage
Area coverage
- Perimeter Security Structural integrity and field maintenance
- Monitoring, Inspection patrols
- Access and Egress control and vehicle searching
Vehicle patrols
Foot patrols
Aerial patrols: Manned and/or unmanned aircraft
Static observation / listening posts
Aerial and ground rapid response capabilities including K9 abilities
Intelligence gathering, processing and dissemination
Counter intelligence
Liaison with other law enforcement agencies and role players
Local community involvement projects

AWS understand the complexity of a professional wildlife management security process and our focus is on providing those elements of the process which are highly specialised. These include:

Consulting and Advisory: Risk analyses and strategy design. Project development
Project management, placement of Area Integrity Rangers to manage the process
Rapid K9 based and aerial deployed response to incidents of expected poaching (perimeter breach discovered), poaching incidents and farm attacks