The authors summarise the issues of concern in game ranching, and the challenges involved in maintaining and utilising wild animals. The more intensive farming of ostriches and crocodiles is discussed. An indication of regulatory controls on the movement and possession of wild animals is given. Institutions concerned with aspects of wildlife care, rehabilitation and research are described.

The New Zealand deer industry is growing rapidly and the development of sustainable management practices for deer farming is becoming increasingly important. The main environmental issues facing the deer industry are the effects on soil and water quality, exacerba ted by the behaviour responses of deer to confinement (in particular fence pacing and wallowing). In addition, the projected increas...

Mixed farming systems involving varying degrees of crop–livestock integration are found in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Increasing population combined with climatic, economic, social, and institutional changes are transforming systems for producing crops and livestock—from systems based on extensive, shifting cultivation and grazing to ones that are more intensively managed and are based o...