Join the Fight
While others concentrate on the animals, we concentrate on the Rangers who stand between the poachers and the magnificent creatures they protect with their lives.
Poaching Interdiction Group (P.I.G.)
A PIG Team is made up of American Marines and Special Operations combat veterans who are passionate about their goals: F*#k with poachers, protect the animals from death, and bring the Rangers home alive every day.
About 1,000 Rangers have been killed by the poachers over the last eleven years. We will upgrade their equipment and teach the tricks of the trade we have learned from multiple combat tours over the last 22 years.
aka P.I.G. can mean: Prayer Invites G_d
The first chapter of the Bible requires us to care for the earth and all the animals. We haven’t been doing a very good job in either case. We vow to turn the Rangers into hard-core fighters.
Species we Will protect
Elephant
Rhino
Giraffe
Thanks to P.I.G. Teams' training and support, we will be able to significantly reduce poaching in Uganda.
Training Subjects
The Park Rangers make $2.00 USD per hour. The poachers can make over $1,000 per day.
Surveillance
We offer free training programs to equip local Rangers with the necessary skills and equipment to combat poaching.
Collaboration
We work closely with the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), Ziwa and Murchison Falls Park Rangers , Uganda-based NGOs, and local communities to create an adroit front against poaching.
Technology
By utilizing small drones, we can instantly extend the range of a single Ranger patrol to increase the unit's safety and rapidly find the poachers.
Featured Victims
elephant
- They’re the world’s largest land animal.
- Both the male and female African elephant have tusks. The Murchison Falls (where we train Rangers) elephant tusks can bring $2,000 USD per pound.
- The tusk taken by the poachers is actually a tooth. They do NOT grow back and is the popular thought. Poachers with use snares or belt-fed machineguns.
- Elephants have around 150,000 muscle units in their trunk.
- They need to eat up to 330# (150kg) of food per day although half of this may leave the body undigested.
- Worst Part: Around 90% of African elephants have been wiped out in the past century – largely due to the ivory trade – leaving an estimated 415,000 wild elephants alive today.
rhino
- The Black and White Rhino are the same color. The term white was a typo in translation from Dutch which the word was “wide” for the wider mouth.
- The Rhino horn can bring $250,000 USD.
- A group of rhinos is called a ‘crash’.
- The popular poacher tactic is once the animals are shot with guns or tranquilizing darts, their horns are removed using chainsaws, and quickly airlifted away. The whole operation can take as little as 10 minutes, and if the rhino isn’t already dead, it will often bleed to death.
Some of our Sponsors
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Travel Cost Per Vet $3,232.88
Three Week Mission: 1 VET: Airfare, Meals, Lodging, Travel Insurance, 4x4 Ground transport, Incidentals
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20 Binoculars $660.00
Initial issue with ten to Ziwa and 10 to Murchison Falls Park.
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20 Range Finders $1,499.60
These are key to being able to deploy a mini drone and determine the exact distance for marking purposes.
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Replace worn out parts of Rifles $42.43
The rifles need new metal parts. We will need 100 initially, but once we see the situation change, we may eventually need 500.
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3X (three power) Prism Red Dot sights $99.00
This sight will allow the rangers to make fast and accurate shots. As above, we initially need 100, but eventually 500.
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2-Point Rifle Slings $13.98
These will allow the Rangers to carry their weapons tactically yet comfortably. Developed over decades of finding the right mix of carry and rapid weapons presentation.
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EYE PROtection(70sets) $594.30
This will protect the eye but also enhance the eye's ability to detect 3D objects rapidly.
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Flashlights (70sets) $2,100.00
The Park Rangers' duties are 24/7. Their current flashlights, circa 1960s models, are inadequate for night protection missions.
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Multi Sensor Drone $5,300.00
Example: Autel EVO 2 Dual 640T V2 One of the first needs is to map Murchison Falls Park accurately. It is about the size of Delaware, and the current maps are decades old and lacking detail. They also need thermal and IR capabilities.
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Patrol sized Drones $700.00
Example: DJI Mini 3 Pro. The Rangers need a dedicated force multiplier for each patron in the field. This will negate the ambush threat and allow the rangers to respond rapidly to an endangered animal in a snare.
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2 - Fusion Intelligence Centers $4,146.70
1 each for Ziwa and Murchison Falls Parks. Large screen monitors, multi-terabyte storage, laptops, software.
P.I.G. Team is a 501(c)3 nonprofit (IRS DLN: 26053492010384). Within the limits of law, your gift is 100% tax-deductible. For tax purposes, our EIN is 99-0648928
100% of all donations go to pay for equipment (Drones, Boots, weapons upgrades, etc), travel, meals, transportation & shipping, legal, or all the nuts and bolts to make our mission happen.
- No one is taking a salary.
- There is no “overhead” percentage. Scan the QR Code/Link below to be taken to our donation page.
