Anti-Poaching in Dinokeng Game Reserve | The Lion Whisperer
Anti-Poaching in Dinokeng Game Reserve | The Lion Whisperer. Today Kevin has the pleasure of meeting Tim Higgs who is the head of anti-poaching at Dinokeng Game Reserve. We hope this video provides you with insights into what it takes to run an anti-poaching team in a game reserve.
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The amount of awareness that kevin and the foundation give to the world is just amazing. Keep up with the amazing work, we all appreciate you !!
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AMEN to this 🙏🙏🙏♥️🐾♥️🐾♥️
Hearing about Kevin's words about poaching, not only does it re-affirm my belief in the way he approaches wild life conservation, it also makes me feel encouraged that such an intelligent and truly empathetic human is leading the way for the mission. HUGE RESPECT, thank you Kevin and the team and so many more people who are contributing to the cause. x
Cong Li i agree with your message ! Glad to see another good message.
Empathy to ppl who have no empathy is only gonna lead to disaster! They deserve nothing less than death! I'm sorry but that's how I feel.. Kevin is an animal guardian not a human one, we as a species are like cockroaches or a disease we do nothing but destroy until all that will be left to destroy will be us and honestly until then the planet IS doomed
I love love love anti poaching teams💜💜 thank you to those who dedicate themselves to rescuing those animals🥺
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Thank you Sir, Kevin, for your Godly work to save the beautiful animals from the cruelty of the humans. Bless your heart and may God give you long healthy life! Thanks and thanks!🎇🐅
@@georgefrancis8192 you right Long long life for Kevin to help and taking care of the beautiful big 🐈🙏💓🌷🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@LionWhispererTV will their be more videos on poaching?
Most of us get annoyed just standing in line at a store... these people working so hard to save animals are absolute angels. These are the people we should worship in this world, not someone who just released a new single 😕. (Sorry all ~ wrong choice of words. I meant to simply “look up to or aspire to be like” ~ not worship. Didn’t mean to upset anyone.)
You shouldn’t get so upset at kids xD
You shouldn't "worship" even the greatest of humans.
Lb Hb or sporting athletes who aren’t good role models for our children!
You got that right! And yes, there ARE humans that we can look up to and worship on our level!
Christopher Scott sorry, wrong choice of words. I simply meant “Look up to or aspire to be like”
i love how you always try to show both sides of everything. thanks for sharing this. empathy leads to understanding, which can lead to change
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Yes. When he said this is almost brought me to tears only because of the truth it holds. We must apply it to all aspect of life
Look at you Kevin! Interacting with Humans lol
@@LionWhispererTV Poachers should be shot on site, absolutely no mercy. This planet is already overpopulated with people, we need to cull the poachers wherever they are.
@@diy5729 Agreed! Zero tolerance against poachers is the only way we will ensure that many many animals doesn't go extinct. Who said that human lives should be more important then animals? Animals are more important to the ecosystem of the planet then humans.
One of the greatest things about Kevin is that he understands it isn't all black and white. He understands the nuances. Rather than beating his head against the wall he wants to find balance. That is an unusual trait in a man so passionate about his cause.
It's something I truly admire about Richardson. Understanding or at least trying to come to grips with these nuances is partially a main reason why I find that he is quite effective at his cause. The inability to empathize, to comprehend the emotional state of even your most staunch opponents leads one open to self-destruction, to a life of perpetual false-victimization where you never recover because you view just about everything as an attack. It is not healthy.
Members of " Anti Poaching Team " are the real heroes of the Jungle. 🌳🌳🌳
Its savanna,not a jungle
Those people deserve a lot more credit for what they do. I am admirative of Kevin 's empathy
Made my day seeing Kev stop to greet the sweet hound used for anti poaching. Then the crew on horseback! How great that we use domesticated animals to help protect the remaining wild ones. God bless and protect all of those fine folks working the reserve.
With as much as you love animals, it is really amazing that you can empathize with people who are trying to feed their families. You are a good man Kevin Richardson. Thank you for educating as well as entertaining us. The people who you met are heroes for risking their own lives to help animals.
Its alot of work to take care and protect these animals. We also have to take care of ourselves. Theres a delicate balance.
The buck paused for a minute because he knew they weren't trying to hurt him. Animals sense danger as well as they sense help 0:25
or it has accepted its death
@@madtech5153 right. the goat and sheep family tend to do that. Very accepting of their fate. Only reason I'd disagree is because there was no distress call or signs of distress. It had the sense that they were helping him get loose
You are an idiot, it was a animal exhausted from trying to break away from the snare - Stop trying fabricate this Disney-like, cartoon connection between wild animals and humans... It doesn't exist, except on T.V.
@@BMWSRR-yd6do You ar eright, but there is no need to call people names.
@@madtech5153 What would it know of death? It would have no idea.
Thank you Kevin for mentioning the complicated poaching situation. When people are struggling and/or starving can make you do some horrific things for survival. It doesn't change how one feels about the suffering of these animals. you can possess both emotions at the same time.
Please also consider how dangerous the anti-poaching job is. These guys are not carrying full auto weapons with them for no reason!
Bless all your hearts. True heroes. 💜
Thank you to all those helping protect the animals from poaching!!
- No where else I'd rather be than here at 4pm ish on a Friday afternoon - Love from Manchester, U.K - 🐾
Let us know how you like today's video
- Halfway through - @@LionWhispererTV - Kev really broke motivations down from subsistence poaching and the potentiality of leaning towards poaching for financial gain if a 'lucrative' animal is caught - Like hyenas have been demonized in animal shows, humans have been too when it comes to poaching. As horrible as poaching is where money is concerned and the decline of wild animal numbers, one must understand cause and effect and Kevin has touched on it in this video. Well put together guys.
its 830am here lol, High Desert, CA. USA
@@OfficialMNIB Thank you! 🙏
- Alot of work to be done - @@LionWhispererTV - Thank you for continuing the good fight - 💯
its odd to see kevin interact with humans
Lol I love this comment!
According to him, it's much more comfortable for him to interact with animals.
@@helenclarke4735 : yes, absolutely and you can see that Kevin still reached out to Scarlet, the bloodhound, in his usual loving way towards animals!
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...and he's good at it!
It's obvious Kevin has love and respect for all animals...his knowledge is immense...the government should be doing more to help people survive, without them having to trap wild life to survive....
As always Those who have power rarely care for Those who haven't
South Africa is a train wreck. The government is extremely corrupt, broke and many politicians don't care. The infrastructure of the country is crumbling and the crime rate is through the roof. SA has been in decline for a few decades now and it's not looking any better right now. The government is virtually useless.
@@notsosilentmajority1 So sad to hear that, the world's gone mad and is causing so much suffering...one day government will be realise when it's too late....
@@cheriegoodwin6819 Unfortunately, you appear to be right. We will all continue doing our part and perhaps we will eventually get some help. Best wishes.
@@notsosilentmajority1 I hope so...🤞
You're a great person. You deserve heaven for helping animals
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and this my friends is one of the many definitions of hero.
It makes me happy Kevin understands what drives people to do things, rather than blanket statements over all poachers.
Meg was secretly watching this video on her iPad and noticed how "sweet" Kev was being to Scarlett😬😂😂
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Hats off to that anti-poaching team 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I'm afraid poaching will (again) be where the next pandemic comes from if we don't stop this rampant disrespect of wildlife. Capitalism is driving both people and animals to sheer desperation. We need a new way of living on this planet 🌍
True hero's everyone of them. If you can please do pass on these thanks to the anti poaching teams, human and animal (Scarlette!) with much love and respect from the UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Many thanks to all those anti-poaching patrolmen. They are much appreciated.
Although videos about this topic infuriate and sadden me, it’s a dose of reality that everything is not all puppy dogs and rainbows...or lions and Kev 😜💓🦁
Briefly. You are right.
Bless all you fellas for protecting the wild animals in your park!! The world needs more people like you all! True hero's!!
Thanks Peggy!
Thank you to everybody involved, looking out for these animals❣️That’s a tough job to do!
Amazing compassion and dedication to the wonderful animals in South Africa.
👏👏👏a round of applause for you Kevin and these teams who put animals first regardless of the danger selfless acts of kindness 💜💜thank you
Thank you all of you hardworking people protecting the animals and anti-poaching duties. Thank you Kevin for showing us their hard work and efforts.
Imagine what those innocent animals are going through, painfully dying over a number of days 😞 We must find a way to co-exist with our natural environment, without destroying it further. It is not our planet for the taking. Thank you Kevin for bringing awareness to these issues and to the people battling on the frontline. Legends 🧡🌏🌱🦁✌🏽
Thank you to Tim Higgs and team for protecting all these animals. Bless y'all and be safe out there👍🤗
Kevin's love of all wildlife is heartwarming. This was simply amazing. Thank you for showcasing these heros. ❤
This is an amazing video about poaching in safrica. These men going on horses and into the bush looking for traps.I understand why the locals are doing this, but at the same time, when the animals are gone, what do you have left ? A very sad site to be seen. Lets work together and come up with some answer. Keven,thank you for bringing up poaching, it makes me think about this issue.
*WOW< yeah that's a hard thing to separate.. People starving verses animals dying to feed people...God Bless those men who protect the animals...They are doing a GREAT Thing.. Thank YOU Kevin for bringing this to light and showing us what it takes to keep animals safe in a starving world.. God Bless You SIr, Your Doing God's Work, Your Spot in Heaven is Guaranteed!*
Thank you Kevin for showing us what these anti-poaching teams do. What an important part of conservation efforts!
Thank you Kevin for this interesting video. These teams of anti-poaching units are so awesome, they put their lives at risk to save wildlife. It is so sad, for so many creatures caught, so much suffering in these snares before they die. Bloodhounds are fabulous dogs, with good rustic horses knowing the field, a good team 👍
Love what these guys are doing for the wildlife. True heroes. I know this is a dangerous job, praying for the safety of all involved.🙏🙏
Love these anti-poaching teams. HEROES!
Why this is one of the best channels on YT. Thank you for taking us along w/these awesome, brave gentleman ( darling Scarlett too) @ the Dinokeng Game Reserve. Much respect too them for all they do. And thank you Kevin for telling both sides of the story, while poaching is terrible it isn't always about the money, but survival.
"Just so cruel "..... happy their are brave rangers who are looking out for the animals .checking those horrible snares ...Bravo ".❤❤❤
Thank you for raising awareness!
Tremendous report! I really like this type of post because it gives me a clear idea of what it means and the repercussions of poaching, ultimately an inseparable part of the profound damage to the environment in Africa and America. This damage goes hand in hand with the submission, misery and poverty of the people. I love your videos and I learn a lot about your boys, beautiful lions and hyenas, but these types of reports are very important for the education of all of us who inhabit this world here and now. A thousand virtual hugs from Buenos Aires, Argentina!
I agree - empathy is a rare and needed ability
God bless the Anti-Poaching team x
Thank goodness for these men and thank you, Kevin, for demonstrating the terrible practice of poaching.
Hats off to the anti-poaching team! What a hard job they have. God bless them and keep them safe. Thank you for all you do, Dinokeng!!
You all doing an amazing job ❤️ payers going out to you🍀❤️
God bless 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Neo the Riot yes, i am saving up so i can donate to them. But did not wantet to say it to the world xp most importet is that they get it not that i tell people i will do it😅❤️👍
@@Flitterkriz thank you really much, most people I know only pray, but never help, it puts the great culture into a bad light... Have a great day
God bless Tim and his anti-poaching team in Dinokeng Game Reserve! I just shared this with all of my family and friends on my Facebook page too!!!
I have so much respect you, the anti-poachers. You are the angels of this Earth and no words can describe the admiration I have for the hard work you do and the dedication you have.
Your absolutely incredible for rescuing these animals in these traps. ❤️
Thank you Kevin for a look into what they do to protect the wildlife.
Great to see the work of an anti-poaching team and their dedication to preserve the wildlife in the Reserve
Thank you Kevin for sharing this. I knew the anti poaching teams have a dangerous job but seeing it first hand makes it more real. They risk their lives to protect the animals and that is awesome to say the least. Bless them all and protect them from harm. ❤🙂
Living with Love, the peace, the freedom, the respect... it’s important for a human like an animal... Thank you Kevin for this video. I wish you the best ! The Justice is on Earth ! 💖🦁
Keep protecting those animals! They deserve to live as much as anyone else!
Thank you Kevin and everyone working out there watching over the animal kingdom. Was glad to see you working with the horses. ❤
Thank you Kev, and definitely a huge thanks to the anti-poaching teams. I think we saw a very "good" day. The fact that they carry AK47s was not lost on me.
Wow! How cruel can we humans get? I'm so glad the animal was found in time. It's so good that you bring these things to a wider audience. On a lighter note I just received my purple Meg t shirt and I'm sooo delighted with it I can't wait to see who will be next in print. ie: The stinky bums and Bobcat especially. I will def buy more. Keep up the excellent work team Lion Whisperer, love and hugs 🦁🐾💜👍
Lockdowns & crashes economies are causing people to starve in poverty. The lockdowns HAVE to be stopped. The WHO is completely discredited. Kevin explained how this progresses as time goes on. Anti-poachers already have a hard enough time protecting wildlife - on top of that you've got huge populations out of work - all over the WRONG information by the WHO. The virus has a 99% recovery rate & there are meds to cure it. At this point to continue lockdowns is cruel to not only people it is for animals too. Only tyrants are keeping lockdowns in place at this point. There has neved been & never will be a virus free world. That's the reality of it.
Respect to all of you protecting the wildlife,AMAZING
God bless them
You are the one of the man I respect the most. Your videos made me realize that loving and caring about animals is the most humane thing to do. Keep the good work.
Brave man
God bless the anti poachers.
This brought me to tears, thinking about the animals that suffer when they get caught in a poaching trap. Thank you for giving us a glimpse into the anti poaching team as well as the insight to what may bring a person to poach. It is heartbreaking on so many fronts. Thank you for the work you are doing, blessings💕
Absolute hero’s - a huge thank you for selfless work you do daily ❤️
Kevin has a good way of getting both sides of the argument....understand people need to eat but... don’t know the answer
Thank you for that. And thanks to the heros
alpha men with understanding and true empathy is exactly what we need more of
The anti-poaching team are heroes. Every single one of them. Made me cry thinking about an animal trapped in a snare and taking days to die.
Thank you, Kevin, for showing us these people and bringing our attention to this problem. It's important and neccessary to learn about both poaching as well as what causes people to poach in the first place.
how are the poachers getting on your land without being seen? Your channel really inspires me and I have donated to a three of your projects to help a small bit. Thank you for your keen mind and big heart. I am honored to watch you daily Kevin. Love, Holly Ashland OR.
They cut the fence and just climb through. Even electrified fences can be breached with little effort. Dinokeng Reserve is surrounded by townships. It’s high density living around the entire reserve. I myself live just 30 minutes away from it. It is within the capital city’s outer bounds.
Absolutely love everything this channel stands for. ❤
Thank you all ❤ You're saving the world!
It's so tragic what the animals go through 😭
South Africa looks beautiful honestly I have to save up. And come see this beautiful country
Kevin, thanks for this small view of the anti-poaching team and some of their duties. I am really glad you pointed out a problem that villagers are going through during this time and how it leads to other things for them. Many people think this is an easy problem to solve when they don't understand all the dynamics. Thank you for helping us to understand a little bit better.
I love how Kevin approaches topics like poaching with empathy, while string getting an important message out, that's a skill that's rare
congrats anti-poatching team!
Respect all the work you are doing to make a change in the world for the better hope one day the hard work pays off
I thank everyone for their efforts in helping the animals and trying to stop stop poaching.
God bless them and keep them safe. My hope is that one day we won’t need them cause we will have stopped all poaching. I know that this will probably not happen but one can hope. Thank you Kevin for showing us a glimpse of what they do and also what the animal sadly has to endure. It’s sad that animals can’t just walk around without a care. Instead they have to wonder if I turn this corner or go thru these bushes am I gonna get caught. We need to pray for the people who put up these traps.
Kevin Richardson: a man who mingles with lions and other predator animals, but says that riding a horse is a unique experience for him. Haha
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Hey Kevin andmits sooo good to see you on my feed his Friday afternoon! I've always hated zoos and circuses, I'm sixty five but hated them even when I was a small child, I ran out screaming from a zoo in London back in the fifties!!! But bless you and your team, and love to all the fabulous animals there.. Love and best wishes Paula in uk
Many thanks to this brave group of noble men.
Thanks for showing this, Kev. Much love to you and God be with you and those guys who are who are doing anti-poaching. What you all do is so important! Take care!
So glad there are people willing to form anti poaching teams in Africa. Too bad that their job is so dangerous that they have to arm themselves.
Love this guy so much ❤
I just want you to know that I’m the care giver to my mom an sister who just had a heart atack I lost my father an my middle son an home in 2016, I get up at 5:00am every morning to watch you an my baby’s to, I love what you do an I want you to know that this helps me get through my days thank you an keep up the great work your doing it show that there is still a lot of love an hope in this world my son who passed away at 27 years old loved lions and other wildlife he would have loved your show. God bless you and your whole big family. An hi from Baton Rouge la this where I live. An thank you so much for everything you do.😄❤️
Kevin....you and these gentlemen, are doing God’s work....your work is heartfelt....🙏🏻
God's bless all animals lovers involved in saving their lives
I love this channel!!!
We need more people like you Kev, thanks for your videos Kevin love your channel,👍
Thank you for showing this . My most heartfelt Thank you to those amazing people. They are angels here on earth . I bow to them in thanks and respect .
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Will they be using drones to survey the area in the future to have an even higher vantage point? Thanks for giving us the whole story about poaching. It saddens me that people have to poach to survive. Wishing they have other options. Maybe in the future 🙏🏻❤️
Here's one game reserve that has used technology. www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a25174825/technology-stops-poachers/
I'm hearing it's winter in South Africa and I instantly looked up the weather temperature. 18 degrees in midday is still hot. Although at night it gets to about 2 to 6 degrees
So glad someone is trying to help those animals stay safe they have a hard time staying alive as it is out in the wild ,but with all these poachers around makes it twice as hard . So thank you all very much who help God's creatures !