Enabling a sustainable wildlife ranching sector

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Wildlife ranching is the breeding of animals for live sales, meat, ecotourism or hunting… In Zimbabwe there is little wildlife ranching for game meat or hunting… 

(ZBE Report, p44)

An important advantage of wildlife ranching is the potential for multiple sources of income compared to rearing livestock. For example, consumptive use of wildlife – in the form of hunting and producing meat and hides – can be combined with nature-based tourism. 

(ZBE Report, p48)

The Parks and Wildlife Act does not expressly provide for wildlife ownership because wildlife is regarded as res nullius – no one owns it. This system of wildlife tenure does not fully encourage the establishment of private production systems, which offer a key opportunity for growth through wildlife ranching and farming. Tenure for wildlife should therefore be reviewed to encourage private production systems.

(ZBE Report, p49)