Guide Damen Pheiffer speaks to Craig Sholto-Douglas, ecologist at &Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve, about the research and monitoring, as well as the day-to-day conservation management that goes on at the reserve. Find out how cheetah populations are meticulously managed through the introduction of new bloodlines and hear about how and why rhino are dehorned to protect them from poaching. Celebrate the reversal of a local extinction with the pangolin reintroduction project and discover the link between local communities and conservation.

Links: Find out more about &Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve. Join in a conservation-based safari that allows you to experience some of Phinda’s conservation initiatives at firsthand. Follow the story of some of the cheetahs most recently relocated to Phinda. Read more about the cheetah population at Phinda. Find out more about the project to reintroduce pangolins to KwaZulu-Natal. Read about the steps taken to protect rhinos from poachers through the practice of removing their horns. Find out the local communities that surround Phinda support rhino conservation. Read more about Phinda Ecologist Craig Sholto-Douglas.