Game Ranch Management Chapters

=Part I:=

General guidelines

Important ecological principles and conservancies

Objectives

Ecological monitoring

Geomorphology and climate of South Africa

Vegetation of South Africa

=Part II:=

Game ranch planning

Game ranch acquisition and cattle ranch transformation

Economics

Habitat evaluation

Fences

Water

Roads

Airstrips

Ground vehicles and aircraft

Buildings and camping amenities

Lookout towers

Bomas and holding pens

=Part III:=

Animals and their characteristics

Antelope and other smaller herbivores

Large herbivores

Combining wild and domestic herbivores

Predators

Birds

Nutrition

Physical condition

Animal behaviour

Hybridization and inbreeding

=Part IV:=

Diseases and parasites of wild animals

Bacterial, viral and protozoal diseases

Other diseases

Post-mortem examination

Preventative disease management

Parasites

=Part V:=

Animal management and utilization

Counting wild animals

Harvesting wild animals

Capturing wild animals

Keeping and feeding wild animals in captivity

Transporting wild animals

Buying and selling wild animals

Hunting

Handling and measuring trophies

Harvesting and preparing venison

=Part VI:=

Habitat management

Veld management in the savannas

The coastal and near-coastal parts of the Cape region

Veld and soil reclamation

=Part VII:=

Participating in rural development

The role of African rural people in their environment

Managing for the sustainable use of renewable natural resources

Rural development and game ranch management

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