To help support Imire and their fight against Wildlife Crime and to provide much needed funding for Project Murwi, please go here - http://www.imire.co.zw/support/ - Please use reference ProjectMurwi for any donations made

​Anti Poaching Dog Murwi

Imire Rhino & Wildlife Sanctuary, Zimbabwe, Africa

Project Murwi
A project that hits the heart of saving and protecting future Rhino populations across Africa. Extremus K9's Murwi will be deployed to the Imire Rhino and Wildlife Sanctuary, Zimbabwe in April 2018. This is the front line of operational Anti Poaching Dog units, not just to deter would be poachers in poaching hot-spots, but to act as sworn protector and defender of a world renowned Rhino breeding programme. To say this is a special and meaningful project is an understatement, this is the future of conservation. 

​Without the support of H.I.S and their 24hour run campaign this project would not be possible, we are dedicated to this project and with your help, we will be able to provide and offer continued conservation support to Imire, in the form of handler training, equipment, food and veterinary costs. 

​Imire, “the meeting place” in Shona, was founded in 1952 by Norman and Gilly Travers. Located 105km east of Harare, and having over 4,000 hectares of conservancy, Imire's animal sanctuary contributes enormously to the conservation of Zimbabwean wildlife. It's most renowned for breeding and releasing black rhinos into Matusadona National Park, as well as providing orphan elephants and other animals a home/refuge. 
To date Imire has successfully released 11 rhino into the wild. The Black Rhino Breeding Programme is world-renowned, helping to protect Zimbabwe’s heritage with the successful re-introduction of this incredible endangered animal back into the wild.  Imire is dedicated to protecting wildlife and strongly believe that rural communities and conservation programmes can successfully thrive side by side, working together to ensure the protection of our natural heritage.
​Our vision at Imire is to enhance the relationships between tourism, conservation programmes and community areas through long-term, sustainable environmental management and positive community projects.
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Harare International School , founded in 1992, Harare International School (HIS) is an independent, non-profit institution, serving students in Early Childhood 1 (EC 1) to grade 12.  HIS enrols a diverse student body of approximately 450 students representing over 60 nationalities. With out the inspirational effort of the teachers and students alike the funds to supply Murwi to Imire Rhino and Wildlife Sanctuary would not have been possible. 
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Anti Poaching Dog Murwi - Features on BBC Wales News, April 2017

​Education
This project, alongside the protection and prevention of wildlife crime, aims to inspire our children and future generations across the globe to take part in and be actively involved in projects like this and other conservation efforts; this will be an integral part of Project Murwi.
We aim to collaborate with educational platforms both in the UK and across Africa to raise awareness to the plight of Africa's wildlife and aim to show that every single individual has a part to play, no matter how small that may be, in the conservation of animal species in both Africa and across the World.  
Working closely with the students at H.I.S and the local communities in Zimbabwe, involving them as much as possible with this project will allow them to see first hand how important conservation is, to their future and their children's future. 

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Anti Poaching Dog Murwi - Hard Surface Tracking at 13 Weeks Old

Anti Poaching Dog Murwi, meets Nkosi a Black Rhino @ Folly Farm Zoo

​To help support Imire and their fight against Wildlife Crime and to provide much needed funding for Project Murwi, please go here - http://www.imire.co.zw/support/ - Please use reference ProjectMurwi for any donations made​