Snake Training In Kafue National Park.
One rarely imagines how much is involved in giving a snake training on location. HHiSS was recently contracted to conduct a one-day snake awareness, identification and snakebite first aid training for staff of Kasabushi Lodge and African Parks in the Kafue National park. Contracting had already taken place months ago, as the training was initially […]
SNAKE TALK AT THE ECOLE FRANCAISE DE LUSAKA.
SNAKE TALK AT THE ECOLE FRANCAISE DE LUSAKA On 5 April, we were invited to give two snake awareness presentation to the pupils and teachers at the French School of Lusaka. Apart from photos of some of the common snakes in Zambia, we also brought two live snakes: a Brown House Snake, which children (and […]
FIRST TRAINING OF 2023 – GREAT SUCCESS!!
On 15 April, the HHiSS Snake Awareness, Identification, Snakebite First Aid and Venomous Snake Handling training course was held. It was a great success with 13 participants for the theoretical part and 9 participants doing the full training including venomous snake handling. During this training, participants learn a lot about how to identify snake species, how to be […]
HHiSS CONQUERS SOUTH AFRICA
HHiSS conquers South Africa!! Not really. But almost. HHiSS was invited to attend and give a presentation about the work it does in Zambia in increasing safety for both snakes and humans in snake encounters. On 12th January, I traveled to South Africa with Choti Singh, the Director of Operations for Save the Snakes in […]