‘Elephants, for which the Reserve serves as one vast breeding ground and nursery, were plentiful, and there were times, when encamped near their water-holes at night, when one felt that the ‘Lunga Elephant Reserve’ would have been a far more appropriate title than the one under which, at present, it so modestly exists.’ 

Game Ranger, Kabompo Tour Report, 1953 

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In July 2016, a camera trap in the southwest of the West Lunga National Park recorded photographs of an adult spotted hyena. This is the first official record of a large predator in the park since the inception of the West Lunga Support Programme in 2014. This sighting follows multiple reports of hyena in communities surrounding the park. Since then, hyena tracks and spoor were found in the park in September along with a 2nd image in the north of the park.  These signs will be monitored closely by park staff over the coming months.

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