Field Ranger Equipment

Cut-resistant Gloves – Approximate Cost £10
You may be wondering why gloves are a vital piece of kit – to fix fences you need to protect your hands from cuts from barbed wire or razor wire. Protecting your hands whilst trying to bind the fence back together is manually a hard job – you need to keep your hands fresh and blister free.

Fence Tester – Approximate Cost £10
Every Field Ranger needs a fence tester. We are constantly checking our fencline to ensure the electrics are working and haven’t been cut by poachers or damaged by animals. These fence testers point you in the direction of the fault so you can find it quickly and repair it effectively.

Re-chargeable Head Torch – Approximate cost £25 – £30
When you are walking along the fence line at night and you come across a hole made by an animal or poacher – you need to fix it and to do this you need to have your hands free. A bright head torch helps gets the job done quickly and efficiently so you can continue your patrol.

Military style Rucksack – Approximate Cost £40 – £60
Every Field Ranger carries a Rucksack for all the critical equipment they need. Fence testers, poncho, water, machete, extra wire, fence bobbins, security notebook etc the list is endless and a good strong Rucksack with comfortable straps helps them to do their role effectively

Multi-tool Leatherman – Approximate Cost £70 – £90 (Carry pouch £15)
Every Field Ranger needs a tool for any job that may include fixing fences, cutting and tying wire, fixing fence isolators or just using the can opener to open a tin of food when on a night patrol!

Game Pro Torches – Approximate cost £100
At night, the Field Rangers need to spot poachers near the fence line and the wide angle of these torches picks up the shining eyes of the poachers in the distance. Also used to follow intruders that are in the Reserve – these lights are also a precautionary measure sometimes stopping incursions happen as the poachers know there is a Field Ranger approaching. Used by safari guides to do night drives these are the best you can get.

Camera Traps – Approximate Cost £680-£700
We have recently partnered with Wildlife Protection Services who have designed a system that we can link our camera traps to. The camera trap sends pictures to our phone and laptop of anything that looks ‘human’ or like a ‘hunting dog’. We are hoping to set cameras up along our fence line in high incursion areas – which means when a poacher comes into the Reserve and walks past the camera within a minute a picture will be sent to our phones and we can then take action to prevent anything happening. These cameras also have solar panels that ensures the camera will ‘always’ work.