After many years observing wildlife conservation efforts across Africa, one reality continues to surface: funding remains one of its greatest vulnerabilities. For decades, conservation across the continent has depended heavily on donor funding, large international NGOs, philanthropy, tourism revenues. Governments' conservation budgets are systematically stretched too thin. In this context, international support has brought important, often vital benefits. Yet it can also leav

The Cobras, who received bicycles via proceeds from my book, have since become role models for the local remote villages in southern Hwange.