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Wildlife Translocation Association of South Africa (WTA)

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The WTA is a voluntary association of professional game capturers and associated role-players within the industry. Its members are drawn from both the private sector and the government service. The game capture industry in South Africa has an annual turnover excess of R100 million and provides employment for a significant numbers of employees. The association’s members annually capture and translocate approximately 130 000 game animals.

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Wits Bird Club (WBC)

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The Witwatersrand Bird Club (aka Wits Bird Club) is the oldest bird club in South Africa having been established in 1947 and is a club which prides itself in supporting numerous local, national and international birding conservation initiatives and searching for, and enjoying the local birds of the region.

The Witwatersrand Bird Club is proud to be the oldest bird club in the BirdLife South Africa (BLSA) family and is based in Johannesburg, Gauteng. The club is further represented by three satellite branches in the Johannesburg metropole by the East Rand, West Rand and Henley-on-Klip branches. The Wits Bird Club is a Non Profit Organisation which welcomes members of any age, background or experience in birding – as long as they have one thing in common…a love for birds and a concern to conserve them and their environments. The objectives of the club include the promotion of, inter alia, the enjoyment, understanding, study and conservation of indigenous wild birds of South Africa.

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Phasa Foundation (PHASA)

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The Professional Hunters’ Association of South Africa (PHASA) takes its social responsibility seriously. In 2003, PHASA established the PHASA Conservation Fund. Initially, the aim of the Fund was to promote and directly fund worthy conservation projects. In 2005, the Fund extended its mandate, and its name was changed to the PHASA Conservation and Empowerment Fund and in 2019 to the PHASA Foundation.

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East Cape Game Management Association (ECGMA)

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ECGMA (also known as the Oos-Kaap Wildbestuurgenootskap) is a non-profit organisation that was established in 1980 by Eastern Cape game farmers to promote and protect the management of game. ECGMA is a diverse Association that caters for Recreational Hunters, Game Farmers, Professional Hunters and Conservancies. Our membership numbers have grown year on year and we have well over 1400 members.

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Cuckoo Bird Club (CBC)

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We are a small, super-friendly bird club. Our motto is 20% birding, 80% fun!

The Cuckoo Bird Club was started in 1998 by Monty Brett. The first members were graduates on the Sappi/Brett Beginners Bird Course of 1997. The club is known for its laid back attitude to birding, for fun, knowledge and pleasure. Outings are designed to be pleasant and appeal to all, young and old, experienced and inexperienced and to cover most of the habitats that will provide the greatest variety of birds.

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