News from ‘Further Down South’ – courtesy of Gill Staden’s ‘The Livingstone bi-Weekly’

Before the newsletter, here are some videos you might like to watch:

Chiawa Camp, Lower Zambezi

We were lucky enough to have an elephant bull decide to join us for breakfast at Old Mondoro. Maybe a good thing he did not continue up the stairs.

https://www.facebook.com/315403998605738/videos/904657256347073/

New Working Dogs in Lower Zambezi

5 weeks ago, detection dogs Lego and Bar arrived at CLZ Base Camp. The training is in full swing and the team is getting stronger every day. Here a snippet from the Lower Zambezi dog unit..

https://www.facebook.com/invictusk9/videos/990346421084843/

Mountain Bike Race

1Zambia MTB is Zambia’s premier MTB stage race with 3 days of wild and remote trails

https://www.facebook.com/1ZambiaMTB/videos/2010759769148347/

Hippo Hide from Shenton Safaris

http://www.msn.com/en-au/video/downtime/hippos-just-chillin-in-south-luangwa/vi-BBtteDr

Karate Kick from an Elephant

The moment a young bull elephant delivers a karate-style reverse kick to a similarly-sized trailer.

https://www.facebook.com/Africa.Geographic/videos/10153462696396400/

South African Firefighters help Cananda

294 firefighters came from South Africa to help the Alberta community tackle the devastating Fort McMurray fire. They took the airport by storm with this dance.

http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/05/31/south-africa-firefighters-canada-sfc-orig.cnn

And now the newsletter:

https://thelivingstoneweekly.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/tlbw8jun16-compressed-1.pdf

Inside:

The Gem Stone

Kayube Estates

Hippo Problems

More on Zambia’s Solar Power Development

More of Kafue River Pollution

Anti-Catapult Campaign by Chipembele students

T-Shirts Ready for Luangwa Fun Run

Snow in Zimbabwe Midlands

All Change for Vic Falls Street Names

Wounded Elephant finds help at Bumi Hills

More Zambian Fish Poachers on Lake Kariba

KAZA Univisa still not working

To Hunt or not to Hunt – Communities ask in Botswana

Kasane Fish Farm

Generating Electricity in Water Pipes