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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 7:55 am
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johan rebel
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Originally Posted by jsnydcsa
IIRC, some animals (perhaps predators, like lion) are chipped or tagged or something so that for whatever purpose (liability, health of animal, whatever - again I'm in IIRC territory here) so that they could be generally located if the need arose. But, I've never seen such a device on an animal nor have I seen a ranger and his/her tracker using that technology to "find" an animal for a guest or even intimating that that's how they "know" an animal is in a certain area.
A chip can be implanted, and the game drive vehicles can be informed by radio. No need to equip the rangers/vehicles with tracking devices. I'm not saying or even suggesting that Kwandwe is doing this, I wouldn't know. Their head ranger has recently moved back to his old stomping grounds. Next time I see him I shall ask.

Originally Posted by CFFrost
Thanks for the thorough report. Very helpful. Good to have insight into the "authenticity" of this type of property. It sounds like I may not even notice the difference.
The average casual visitor is most unlikely to notice any difference.

Originally Posted by Mwenenzi
Or fly to Nambia and visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etosha (better than Kruger).
Out of idle curiosity: why?


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