No shooting or hunting of any kind is permitted in the
Reserve, and in fact members of the public except on special
permit are not allowed to carry firearms or to leave certain
main tracks.
The species of game mammals found are as follows: Elephant,
rhinoceros, hippopotamus, giraffe, buffalo, zebra, sable and
roan antelope, kudu, water buck, blue wilde-beest, impalla,
reed buck, bush-buck, steenbok, duiker, klipspringer,
mountain reed buck, red duiker.
Of game birds there are: five kinds of francolin, two kinds
of knorhaan, sand grouse, quail and crested paauw.
The most destructive of the carnivora are lions, leopards,
chitas, hunting dogs, caracals and servals.
Baboons, porcupines, &c., being destructive in various ways,
are considered to be vermin.
Vermin have perceptibly decreased during the last few years,
in spite of the fact that the game has increased at the rate
of fully 10 per cent, per annum.
About 1,500 head of vermin, on an average, are destroyed
annually.
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