GIANT SABLE RELOCATION PROGRAM - In August, 2008, RSCF Trustee Richard D. Estes, Ph.D. participated in the capture and relocation of nine critically endangered Sable Antelope from Luando Reserve to Cangandala National Park. The images below chronical this amazing effort to save the few remaining Sable in this region.

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Rescue and Relocation - Efforts to Save the Critically Endangered Sable Antelope Found only in central Angola, the giant sable (Hippotragus niger variani) is one of the most impressive but also one of the most critically endangered African antelopes. Due to a massive decline in wild populations between 1970 and 2008, a relocation and recovery program was designed to create a captive breeding group within a protected area in Cagandala National Park. This effort was spearheaded by Angolan naturalist Pedro Vaz Pinto, and supported by the Giant Sable Conservation Fund, corporate sponsor Esso Angola, Tusk Trust, Block 15, team veterinarian Peter Morkel and the Angolan government. Click here for Dr. Estes full report.