Hunting concession nationalizations in Zambia...

Leopard Ridge Safaris still awaits the decision of the Supreme Court concerning its appeal against the removal of its Nyampala Hunting Block by the Zambia Wildlife Authority. However this has not stopped ZAWA further prejudicing the action - having now cancelled the public tender process, and now advertising for professional hunters to hunt the area on its behalf. A few other areas are shortly expected to suffer the same fate.

In the negotiations presently being conducted by the Safari Hunting Operators' Association of Zambia with ZAWA over payments for the 2008 season, the members of SHOAZ have agreed to a 60% non-refundable payment of the quota - the latter to be individually negotiated, but with no advance payment.