A closer look at women in the Field Guiding industry

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I never thought women would be interested in a job like that especially with the poaching going on


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Lisbeth wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:51 pm No one is going to start a relationship with the guide :O^ or yes lol lol
Actually, tourists seems to find them irresistable! I've read a lot of stories of women falling madly in love with their guides! O**


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Flutterby wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 7:24 am
Lisbeth wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:51 pm No one is going to start a relationship with the guide :O^ or yes lol lol
Actually, tourists seems to find them irresistable! I've read a lot of stories of women falling madly in love with their guides! O**
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After all it's a kind of uniform lol


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Alf wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 1:04 pm I never thought women would be interested in a job like that especially with the poaching going on
We are talking about field guides, not rangers \O


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Lisbeth wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:43 am
Alf wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 1:04 pm I never thought women would be interested in a job like that especially with the poaching going on
We are talking about field guides, not rangers \O
But they also have the possibility to find poachers in the veld -O-


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In kruger only on walks and that is during the day. On the drives they have to stick to the roads.


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