Bushtalk – November 2025
Photo: Mana Meadows Greetings! It’s been an exciting few months at VFWT! We’ve expanded our offices and strengthened our wildlife forensics work, and we’ve also been busy building capacity among rangers, police, and local communities. In recent months, we’ve rescued a wild dog and several elephants and buffalos from severe snare injuries – and supported […]
From Weaving to Wildlife Conservation
Thanks to our ongoing livelihoods training workshops, women like Elestina Tshuma are able to learn new skills that will improve their livelihoods and help their families, communities and environment alike. Photo: Mana Meadows Donate Greetings! In the heart of the communities around Victoria Falls, women are the backbone of their families and communities. Their families […]
Together We Can Unlock 15000 for Wildlife Forensics
Courtroom successes are vital for protecting wildlife. Today, your gift can go twice as far, unlocking vital matched funding for our wildlife forensics programme. Photo: Mana Meadows Donate Greetings! At Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust, we know that protecting wildlife is not only about patrols in the field, but also about what happens in the courtroom. […]
Bushtalk August-2025
Above: Rescued, rehabbed and released – Monty the python takes a peek at her new home. Greetings! From the release of rescued wildlife back into the wild to watching our youngest conservation leaders inspire audiences at an international conference, the last two months have been a period of impact and progress for VFWT. Our teams […]
BushTalk July 2025
Play Video Above: We knew buffalo bulls were stubborn – we just didn’t realise how stubborn! Read the backstory to this capture in our newsletter below. From life-changing community initiatives to hair-raising wildlife relocation operations and groundbreaking genetics work, it’s been a busy few months here at Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust. We’re delighted to share […]
2025 Bushtalk Newsletter!
As you will see from the photo of our very own Masuwe River (below) – the rains have finally arrived! While our drought-stricken region is still below average rainfall, these much-needed showers have brought relief, replenishing water sources for wildlife and livestock and offering hope to local farmers. Forecasts suggest more rain in the coming months, which will help sustain […]
October 2024 Newsletter
Above: A leap forward for our lions – read our good news below! Photo: Graham Cochrane It’s not every day that your game of golf gets interrupted by a grumpy buffalo bull—one of Africa’s meanest lone rangers and certainly not your first choice as a golfing partner. Last week’s rescue had us sweating a bit, […]
Bushtalk February 2024 Newsletter
Above: Last year we rescued this baby warthog and its sibling. Read more about their journey below. Our donors, partners, and friends were the highlight of our year, as always. We couldn’t do this without them and in 2023 they came through for us again. Despite a decreasing trend in the charitable contribution space in […]
Bushtalk November 2023 Newsletter
Last week Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust made international news for the leadership role it played in discovering that a little-studied bacterium was responsible for the series of widely reported mysterious elephant mortalities in Zimbabwe in 2020. It’s an important discovery, and we’re proud of our team who, along with international team members, helped unravel the […]
Bushtalk – September 2023
Wildlife conservation today requires a sensitive understanding and inclusion of all stakeholders. At the heart of Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust’s mission to help save Zimbabwe’s iconic wildlife lies a holistic approach that above all values the rural communities who live on the front lines of wildlife conflict. Too often these are the people who are forgotten, […]