This is the story of my current boss here at the (Chinko Anti-Poaching Project)[http://facebook.com/chinkoproject/). The whole thing started in 2012. It was while in that prison (for 4 months) that he conceived the idea for Chinko and the reserve. The linked article is about his escape, another regarding the arrest can be found here:
Most recently, the project had a setback due to a crashed anti-poacher surveillence plane in the middle of the bush. Album here:
(http://imgur.com/a/86kpM)[http://imgur.com/a/86kpM]
An album showing the entire operation is here (Graphic poaching scenes censored, but there's a link to uncensored images):
(http://imgur.com/a/5lJk3)[http://imgur.com/a/5lJk3]
--The Chinko Project--
We are a team of local Central African + foreign staff who have made camp in the middle of the Chinko reserve to save wildlife from the militarized rebel poachers. Using an ultra-light aircraft to guide our rangers with air support surveillance, we fight under the threat of armed poachers, the invasive South Sudanese herders, Konys Lords Resistance Army, and Seleka rebel militia. On top of that, we now have to deal with the loss of our main tool, the ULM (Ultra-light airplane). After a hard landing at our home airstrip that crumpled the nose wheel, causing the propeller to strike the ground, we are left to scramble and find a way to restore our operation back to 100% and get back to protecting our rangers and wildlife from these criminals.