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12th OCT 2024
A PARADISE UNDER ATTACK
by Stefano Badini
26th APR 2024
PREJUDICES WILL BE SHATTERED by Xavier Vannier
10th NOV 2022
KING OF MY DREAMS
by Frank Vannier
12th October 2024 | in Wildlife Conservation | by Stefano Badini
A PARADISE UNDER ATTACK
I put on my sunglasses in order to hide my tears. This is indeed a “paradise under attack” and I’m left with a question: Who is going to protect this paradise so that it continues to exist? We all return to the heart of civilization as it were. The blindness is collective because the gaze is human-centric; I don’t blame them; I’ve just woken up myself…
18th December 2022 | in Wildlife Conservation | by Xavier Vannier
The Northern Lion in Danger
The Northern Lion, Panthera leo leo, is in immediate danger of extinction in Cameroon and the rest of its range. In 2023, less than 400 West African Lions are estimated to remain in the wild…
05th November 2022 | in Wildlife Conservation | by Xavier Vannier
THE 3 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PILLARS
Without a global and integrated approach, we will only postpone the degradation of the Protected Areas and the animal species that are their raison d’être, and which constitute a unique World Wildlife Heritage…
09th February 2020 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Frank Vannier
THE LAND OF THE PYGMIES
The Dornier aircraft was flying over an endless green ocean, when a tiny luminous stark contoured rectangle appeared: the air strip, in the middle of nowhere…
12th July 2018 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Xavier Vannier
HERITAGE of a PASSION
What I will remember the most during this first safari, are the tears of my father. Those that translate the pride, the transmission of an ancestral heritage, of a family know-how for 4 generations…
26th April 2024 | in Wildlife Conservation | by Xavier Vannier
PREJUDICES WILL BE SHATTERED
For almost two decades, Nokia had unquestionably dominated the cell phone market. While mankind often strives to maintain long-held paradigms, the reality is that we exist in a world governed by rapid dynamism…
10th November 2022 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Frank Vannier
King of my Dreams
My tears plunge me in a complex moral disorder. Introspective sorrow. Doubt. Immeasurable joy. Everything that makes our passion for hunting vibrate within us.
Forgive me O King of my dreams…
26th October 2022 | in Wildlife Conservation | by Xavier Vannier
Wildlife Conservation is a Need
We have been descending the Ndugba river bed for more than 5 hours. The heat is unbearable and my body starts to cry out for mercy. My feet hurt, my legs, although hardened, support me only with difficulty…
30th May 2019 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Frank Vannier
Return to the Forest
Elephants, bongos, dwarf buffaloes, sitatungas, gorillas, chimpanzees, giant forest hogs, red river hogs, duikers, etc. I am delighted by so many signs of their presence…
20th June 2018 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Frank Vannier
3 Days 3 Giant Elands
This story I share is unique in my experience. Indeed, I have never seen the opportunity on a Lord Derby Eland be repeated 3 days in a row in my lifetime. Unbelievable…
04th January 2023 | in Wildlife Conservation | by Xavier Vannier
DIGITALIzATION of anti-poaching
Poachers, gold seekers, woodcutters, cattle herders and illegal fishermen all share one thing in common. When they spot our anti-poaching units, they immediately run!
06th November 2022 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Xavier Vannier
AQUATIC CHASE
Flies slice through the air with an almost bewitching hiss. A couple of Pel’s fishing owls are echoing. A hippo growls timidly whilst a hyena sneers a few hundred meters away. I cannot help but think: is she laughing at us?
03rd March 2020 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Frank Vannier
UNSUSPECTED CHARGES
I remember of some of the most unusual charges I have ever had, and this is enough to make my loyal clients question my entire reputation…
21st October 2018 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Frank Vannier
THE GHOST ANTELOPE
I lifted my binoculars up to spot two Hartebeests, calmly grazing… A little further, a darker mass. I took a few steps to the side to have a better look. A Lord Derby Eland was standing at 300 yards ! I instinctively squat down, so does all the team.
12th October 2024 | in Wildlife Conservation | by Stefano Badini Confalonieri & Xavier Vannier
A PARADISE UNDER ATTACK
I put on my sunglasses in order to hide my tears. This is indeed a “paradise under attack” and I’m left with a question: Who is going to protect this paradise so that it continues to exist? We all return to the heart of civilization as it were. The blindness is collective because the gaze is human-centric; I don’t blame them; I’ve just woken up myself…
26th April 2024 | in Wildlife Conservation | by Xavier Vannier
PREJUDICES WILL BE SHATTERED
For almost two decades, Nokia had unquestionably dominated the cell phone market. While mankind often strives to maintain long-held paradigms, the reality is that we exist in a world governed by rapid dynamism…
04th January 2023 | in Wildlife Conservation | by Xavier Vannier
DIGITALIzATION of anti-poaching
Poachers, gold seekers, woodcutters, cattle herders and illegal fishermen all share one thing in common. When they spot our anti-poaching units, they immediately run!
18th December 2022 | in Wildlife Conservation | by Xavier Vannier
The Northern Lion in Danger
The Northern Lion, Panthera leo leo, is in immediate danger of extinction in Cameroon and the rest of its range. In 2023, less than 400 West African Lions are estimated to remain in the wild…
10th November 2022 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Frank Vannier
King of my Dreams
My tears plunge me in a complex moral disorder. Introspective sorrow. Doubt. Immeasurable joy. Everything that makes our passion for hunting vibrate within us.
Forgive me O King of my dreams…
06th November 2022 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Xavier Vannier
AQUATIC CHASE
Flies slice through the air with an almost bewitching hiss. A couple of Pel’s fishing owls are echoing. A hippo growls timidly whilst a hyena sneers a few hundred meters away. I cannot help but think: is she laughing at us?
05th November 2022 | in Wildlife Conservation | by Xavier Vannier
THE 3 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PILLARS
Without a global and integrated approach, we will only postpone the degradation of the Protected Areas and the animal species that are their raison d’être, and which constitute a unique World Wildlife Heritage…
26th October 2022 | in Wildlife Conservation | by Xavier Vannier
Wildlife Conservation is a Need
We have been descending the Ndugba river bed for more than 5 hours. The heat is unbearable and my body starts to cry out for mercy. My feet hurt, my legs, although hardened, support me only with difficulty…
03rd March 2020 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Frank Vannier
UNSUSPECTED CHARGES
I remember of some of the most unusual charges I have ever had, and this is enough to make my loyal clients question my entire reputation…
09th February 2020 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Frank Vannier
THE LAND OF THE PYGMIES
The Dornier aircraft was flying over an endless green ocean, when a tiny luminous stark contoured rectangle appeared: the air strip, in the middle of nowhere…
30th May 2019 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Frank Vannier
Return to the Forest
Elephants, bongos, dwarf buffaloes, sitatungas, gorillas, chimpanzees, giant forest hogs, red river hogs, duikers, etc. I am delighted by so many signs of their presence…
21st October 2018 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Frank Vannier
THE GHOST ANTELOPE
I lifted my binoculars up to spot two Hartebeests, calmly grazing… A little further, a darker mass. I took a few steps to the side to have a better look. A Lord Derby Eland was standing at 300 yards ! I instinctively squat down, so does all the team.
12th July 2018 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Xavier Vannier
HERITAGE of a PASSION
What I will remember the most during this first safari, are the tears of my father. Those that translate the pride, the transmission of an ancestral heritage, of a family know-how for 4 generations…
20th June 2018 | in Hunting Chronicles | by Frank Vannier
3 Days 3 Giant Elands
This story I share is unique in my experience. Indeed, I have never seen the opportunity on a Lord Derby Eland be repeated 3 days in a row in my lifetime. Unbelievable…