I have a whole new group of heroes: Thirty-six Zimbabwean women who are protecting wildlife, fighting trophy hunters, and empowering their sisters.

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Zimbabwe’s All Women Vegan Anti Poaching Squad Featured By BBC
An Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org

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Maria Chiorando, PlantBasedNews.org
January 2018 The women were trained by a former special forces sniper. The squad all follow a vegan diet – a move that avoids the hypocrisy of saving one animal only to eat another.

Tracey Basaroukwe, 19, during training (Photo: Adrian Steirn for Alliance Earth)

The BBC World Service has featured a remarkable group of women – part of a project called Akashinga (the brave ones) – who take on trophy hunters in Zimbabwe.

The women have been trained and employed to manage an entire nature reserve by Damien Mander, Founder of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation [IAPF] and…