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], [>], [>], [>], [>] (see also Elephants, slaughter of); social system, communication, and mating, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]; "Survivor" returns, [>]–[>] (see also "Survivor"); tuskless, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; at water holes, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; "worth" of life of, [>], [>]
Elephant's Playground, [>], [>], [>]
Elephants, slaughter of, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; declines in, [>], [>]; for elephant parts, [>], [>]; and fear of humans, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; for ivory, see Ivory; for meat, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; numbers killed, [>], t03, t32, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; penalty for, [>], [>], [>], [>]; "Save the Elephant Day," [>]; See also Poachers
Elephant shrew, [>]
Employment vs. poaching. See Poachers: employment vs.
Endangered species. See Wildlife
Environmental Investigation Agency (England), [>]
Erograstis (grass), [>]
European Community (EC), [>], [>], [>]; bans ivory trade, [>]
Fences, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Fish eagles, [>]
Fitwa River (Zambia), [>], [>]
Flies, [>]
Floods, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; warnings of, [>], 5I-5a> [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; See also Water supply
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), [>]–[>]
Frankfurt Zoological Society of Germany, [>], [>], [>]n
"Frightened Wilderness" (film), [>]
Fulaza Village (Zambia), [>], [>]; game guard camp at, [>], [>], [>]
Gabon, decreases of poaching in, [>]
Gaborone, Botswana, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Gambia, banning of ivory trade in, [>]
Game cerisus. See Wildlife censuses
Game guard camps: Chilanga Luswa, [>]; first in national park, [>]–[>]; Fulaza, 15t, [>], [>]; Kanona, [>], [>], [>], [>]; Lufishi, [>], [>], [>]–[>], t44, [>]; Mano, see Mano Game Guard Camp; Mano Unit; Mwansa Mabemba, [>]–[>], [>]; Nsansamina, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Game wardens, [>]–[>], [>]–[>] passim, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; buffalo kill, [>]; camps for, see Game Guard camps; corruption of, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]; equipment and supplies for, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; "juju" and, [>]–[>], [>]; leadership of, [>]–[>] passim, [>], 2 33~34, [>]; messages to, [>], [>]; Mfuwe, [>], [>], [>], [>]; paramilitary, [>]-ro; and poachers, see Poachers
Geese: Egyptian, [>], [>]; sperwing, [>]
Gemsbok, [>], [>]; lions feed on, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Gill, Kevin, [>]
Giraffes, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Great North Road (Zambia), [>], [>], [>], [>]
"Happy" (lioness), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Hartebeest. See Antelope
"Hartebeest Pans, " [>]
Herons, Goliath, [>], [>], [>], [>]
"Hidden Valley" (Zambia), [>]–[>]
Hill, Harvey, [>]
Hill, Marie, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Hills of the Chankly Bore (Zambia), [>], [>], [>], [>]
Hippo Pool, [>], [>]
Hippopotami, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];at Delia Camp, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Honey badger, [>]
Honey guides (birds), [>]–[>]
Hong Kong, [>]
"Hope" (lioness), [>]
Hombills, [>], [>]
Hunter, Nigel, [>]
Hyenas: brown, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; spotted, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Immigration Department (Botswana), [>], [>]–[>]
Impalas, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
International Wildlife magazine, [>], [>]
Isoka, Zambia, [>]
Ivory: growth of, [>]; poaching for, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; trade in, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; trade banned, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; See also Poachers
Jackals, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Japan: and ivory trade, [>]; meeting in, [>], [>]
Jealous (informant). See Mvula, Jealous
Jicanas (birds), [>]
Johannesburg, South Africa, [>], [>], [>]
"Juju, " [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Julbernardia trees, [>], [>]
Justice, Sunday (cook), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Kabale River (Zambia), [>]
Kabwe, Zambia, [>]
Kafue National Park (Zambia), [>]
Kafue River (Zambia), [>]
Kalahari Desert (Botswana): camp in, [>], [>], [>], [>]; Central Kalahari Game Reserve, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; drought in, see Drought; fences in, [>], [>]; lions of, [>], [>], [>]; pressure on/changes in, [>], [>]; wildebeest migration in, [>]; See also Deception Valley
Kalalantekwe village (Zambia), [>]
Kalenga Mashitu (rock formation, Zambia), [>]
Kanona, Zambia, [>], [>]
Kanona Game Guard Camp (Zambia), [>], [>], [>], [>]
Kariba, Lake, [>]
Kasokola, Mumanga (cook), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Kasokola, Mutale (Bemba worker), [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; in search for poachers, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; willingness and loyalty of, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Katibunga, Zambia, [>], [>]
Katongo, Mpundu (poacher), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>] passim; and attack on authors, [>], [>]
Kawache, Gilson, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Kedia Hill (Botswana), [>]
Kenya: elephants killed in, [>], [>], [>]; tourism in, [>]
Khaya nyasica trees, [>]
Khaya Stream (Zambia), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Khutse Pans, [>]
Kingfishers, [>], [>]
Kin selection, [>]
"Kora" (lioness), [>]–[>]
Kora Reserve (Kenya), [>]
Kudu. See Antelope
Lamba, Rick, [>]
Lanseria Airport (near Johannesburg), [>]
Leopards, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Lesotho, ivory trade in, [>]
Liebenberg, Roy, [>]
Limpopo River (Botswana), [>]
Lions, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; age of, [>], [>]; Blue Pride, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; vs. crocodiles, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]; darting and collaring, [>]–[>] passim, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; effect of drought on, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; game attracting, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; poaching of, [>]; Serendipity Pride, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>]; Springbok Pride, [>]; studies imperiled, [>]–[>], [>]
Liuwa Plain National Park (Zambia), [>]
Lizards, [>]; Nile monitor, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Lonchicarpus trees, [>]
"Long Ear" (female elephant), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Longwe, Isaac (acting warden), [>]
Loukokwa River (Zambia), [>]
Lovebirds, Lillian, [>], [>]
"Luangwa Lion" (puppet), [>], [>]
Luangwa River and Valley (Zambia), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; authors travel to, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; Delia Camp at, see Delia Camp; elephants slaughtered at, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; and floods, [>]; poaching near, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; wildlife of, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], l80, l82, [>]; See also North Luangwa National Park; Zambia
Lubonga River (Zambia), [>]; campsite on, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; confluence of, with Mwaleshi, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; elephants along, [>], [>], [>], [>]; in flood, [>]–[>], [>]; hike along, [>]–[>]
Lufishi Game Guard Camp (Zambia), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Lufishi River (Zambia), [>]
Lufwashi River (Zambia), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Lusaka, Zambia, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; black market in, [>]; ivory smuggled to, [>], [>], [>]; meetings with officials in, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; war conditions in, [>]–[>]
Lusaka International Airport, [>]–[>]
MacDona
ld, Iain, [>]
Machinje Hills (Zambia), [>]
Magistrates, magistrate's court (Zambia), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Makalamabedi fence line (Botswana), [>]
Makawa, Arthur, [>]
Malawi, [>], [>]; ivory trade in, [>], [>], [>], [>]
"Mandy" (female elephant), [>]; slaughter of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Mano Game Guard Camp (Zambia), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; equipment and supplies for, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and poaching, [>], [>], [>]
Mano Unit: guard camps merged into, [>]–[>], [>]; reorganized, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Marico flycatcher, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
"Marula" (female elephant), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Marula-Puku (campsite), [>]–[>], [>]–[>] passim, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; Delia leaves, [>]–[>]; as poachers' camp, [>]; poaching at, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; wildlife near, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Marula trees (Sderocarya caffia), [>], [>], [>]; elephants feed on, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Masire, Quett (president of Botswana), [>]
Maun village (Botswana), [>], [>], [>]
Mfuwe scouts, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Mid Pan water hole (Botswana), [>], [>], [>]
Migration, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; elephant, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Miombo trees (Brachystegia), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
"Misty" (female elephant), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
MMD (Movement for Multiparty Democracy, Zambia), [>], [>]
Mochae, Festes (secretary to president of Botswana), [>]
"Moffet" (lion), [>], [>], [>]
Molombwe Hill (Zambia), [>]
Mopane trees (Colophospermum mopane), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Mozambique, [>], [>]; ivory trade in, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Mpika, Zambia, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; airstrip in, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; corruption in, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; magistrate's court in, [>], [>], [>], [>]; NLCP in, [>]; poaching in area of, [>], [>], [>], [>]; as supply base, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], no, [>]; U.S. school paired with school in, [>]
Mubuka, Patrick, "Camp-in-Charge, " [>], [>]; as poacher, [>], [>], [>]
Muchinga Escarpment (Zambia), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Muchisa, Bwalya (poacher and informant), [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>]–[>] passim; accuses Mark, [>]–[>], [>]
Muchisa, Kanga (poacher), [>]–[>], [>]
Muchu, Patrick (unit leader), as poacher, [>]
"Muffin" (lion), [>], [>], [>]
Mukendwa, Kotela (scout), [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>]
Mukuka, Evans (education officer), [>], [>], [>], [>]
Mukungule, Chief, [>]–[>], [>]
Mukungule Village (Zambia), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; shops opened in, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Mulandashi River (Zambia), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; poachers' camp on, [>]
Mulenga, Bornface (warden), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; as poacher, [>]–[>]
Mulomba, Brighton (scout leader), [>]–[>]
Mumanga (cook). See Kasokola, Mumanga
Mumba, Musakanya (poacher and informant), [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; poachers shoot at, [>], [>]; supervises road crew, [>], [>]
Mumba, Nelson, "Camp-in-Charge, " [>]–[>], [>], [>]; as poacher, [>], [>]
Mumba, Norbert, [>]
Munyamadzi River (Zambia), [>], [>]
Musakanya (poacher and informant). See Mumba, Musakanya
Musangu, John (unit leader), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Mutinondo River, [>], [>]
Mutondo, Bernard (poacher), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; guard killed by, [>], [>], [>]; hired as worker, [>]
Mvula, Jealous (informant), [>], [>], [>]; poisoned, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Mvumvwe Hill (Zambia), [>], [>], [>]
Mwaleshi River (Zambia): campsites by, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; confluence of, with Luangwa, Lubonga, Lufwashi, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; drive to and along, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]; in flood, [>]–[>]; Mano camp on, [>], [>] (see also Mano Game Guard Camp); poaching on, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; wildlife of, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Mwamba, Chanda (Bemba worker), [>], [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; in search for poachers, [>], [>], [>]; willingness and loyalty of, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Mwamfushi Village (Zambia), [>]; poachers in, [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; projects in, [>], [>], [>]
Mwansa Mabemba Game Guard Camp (Zambia), [>]–[>], [>]
Mwenya, Akim, [>], [>], [>]
Nabwalya, Chief, [>], [>]
Nabwalya, Zambia, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Nakanduku, Zambia, [>]
Namibia, [>], [>]; ivory trade in, [>], [>]
National Parks and Wildlife Services (Zambia), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; corruption in, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; failure to act, [>], [>], [>]; meetings with, [>], [>], [>]–[>]; USAID donates trucks to, [>]
National Parks Department (Botswana), [>], [>]
Niger, banning of ivory trade in, [>]
Njorhou, Banda (on warden's staff), [>]–[>]
NLCP. See North Luangwa Conservation Project
North, Edward, [>], [>], [>]
North Korea, ivory trade with, [>]
North Luangwa Conservation Project (NLCP), [>], [>], [>]
North Luangwa Grinding Mill, [>]
North Luangwa National Park (Zambia), [>]; airstrip requirements, [>]–[>], 9°; elephants in, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; game guards in, [>], [>], [>], [>]; inaccessibility of, [>], [>], [>]; ivory from, [>]; lions in, [>]; poaching problem in, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; projects for, [>]–[>], [>]; as research site, [>]–[>] passim, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; tourism/ safaris in, [>], [>], [>]; wildlife census of, [>]–[>], [>]
Nsansamina Game Guard Camp (Zambia), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Nsingo (worker), [>]–[>]
Nsofwa, Steven (student), letter from, [>]
Nyara Zamara lagoon, [>], [>], [>]
Obovatum scrub. See Combretum obovalum
"One Tusk" (female elephant), [>], [>], [>]–[>] passim; slaughtered, [>]–[>], [>]
Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, [>], 24011
Ox peckers (birds), [>], [>]
"Patches" (brown hyena), [>]
"Pepper" (brown hyena), [>]
Phiri, Gaston (scout), [>], [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], ‹[>]
Phiri, Mathews (scout), [>]
"Pippin" (brown hyena), [>]
Plovers, blacksmith, [>]
Poachers: air patrols, attacks against, see Air patrols; and animals' fear of humans, [>], [>], [>]; attacks by, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]; and black market, see Black market; and buffalo, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; conservation projects vs., [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; cottage industry vs., [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; earnings of, [>]; ecological effects of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; and elephants, see Elephants, slaughter of; employment vs., [>], [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>] (see also tourism vs., below); fires set by, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; guards as, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; guards' attitudes toward, [>], [>]–[>], "4–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; guards collaborate with, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; hired as informants, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; informants against, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; and ivoiy trade, see Ivory; in Kafue National Park, [>]; and lions, [>]; magistrates as, [>]; magnitude of problem, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; in national park, [>], [>] (see also North Luangwa National Park); organizatio
n against and capture of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; penalties for, [>], [>], [>], [>]; and rhinos, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; snares set by, [>]; subsistence poaching, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; tourism vs., [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; villagers' beliefs regarding, [>]–[>], [>]; weapons supplied to, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; women and, [>]
Puku, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; lions prey on, [>], [>]; See also Antelope
Quelea Pan, [>]
Radio collars. See Lions: darting and collaring
Ranger Rick magazine, [>]
Rhinoceros, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rift Valley, [>]
Sabi, Captain (Zambia National Parks pilot), [>]–[>]
Safaris. See Tourism
Safari South, [>]
"Sage" (lioness), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Saili, Max (community service officer), [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>]
Salama, Mosi (warden), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; as poacher, [>]
Sandstorm, [>]
"Sassy" (lioness), [>], [>]–[>], [>]
"Saucy" (lioness), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
"Scaiping," [>]. See also Wildlife censuses
Sclerocarya caffra. See Marula trees
Scouts. See Game wardens
Senga tribe (Malawi), [>]
"Serendipity" (lioness) and Serendipity Pride, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>]
Serendipity Strip (Zambia), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Shiwa N'gandu village (Zambia), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Siangina, Mr. (Zambia district governor), [>]
Sichanga, Edmond (poacher), [>], [>]–[>]
Simbeye, Chomba (Bemba worker), [>]–[>] poaim, [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; willingness and loyalty of, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Simu Chimba (poacher), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>]; captured, released, [>], [>]
Simutendu, Gary (ivory trader), [>], [>]
Sioma National Park (Zambia), [>]
Smoke Rise Primary School (Atlanta, Ga.), [>]
Smuggling, [>], [>]; ivoiy, [>], [>], [>]
Somalia, ivory trade in, [>]–[>], [>]
South Africa, [>], [>]; ivoiy trade in, [>], [>], [>]–[>] passim; See also Durban, South Africa; Namibia
South African Defense Force, [>], [>]
Southern African Center for Ivory Marketing (SACIM), [>], [>]
South Luangwa National Park (Zambia), [>