Part I. General guidelines -- 1. Important ecological principles and conservancies -- 2. Objectives -- 3. Ecological monitoring and benchmarking -- 4. Geomorphology and climate of South Africa -- 5. Vegetation of South Africa -- Part II. Wildlife ranch planning -- 6. Wildlife ranch acquisition and cattle ranch transformation -- 7. Information systems and data management -- 8. Economics -- 9. Habitat evaluation -- 10. Fences -- 11. Water -- 12. Roads -- 13. Airstrips -- 14. Ground vehicles -- 15. Buildings and camping amenities -- 16. lookout towers and vulture restaurants -- 17. Bomas and holding pens -- Part III. Animals and their characteristics -- 18. Antelope and other smaller herbivores -- 19. Large herbivores -- 20. Combining wild and domesticated herbivores -- 21. Predators -- 22. Birds -- 23. Nutrition -- 24. Animal behaviour -- 25. Genetic management -- Part IV. Diseases and parasites of wild animals -- 26. Bacterial, viral and protozoal diseases -- 27. Other diseases -- 28. Post-mortem examination -- 29. Preventive disease management and epidemiology -- 30. Parasites of wild animals -- Part V. Animal management and utilization -- 31. Counting wild animals -- 32. Harvesting wild animals -- 33. Capturing wild animals -- 34. Transporting wild animals -- 35. Keeping and feeding wild animals in captivity -- 36. Buying and selling wild animals -- 37. Hunting -- 38. Handling and measuring trophies -- 39. Wildlife meat production -- 40. Legislation and codes of conduct for animal care, management and use -- Part VI. Habitat management -- 41. Veld management principles and procedures -- 42. The coastal and near-coastal parts of the Cape region -- 43. Habitat rehabilitation -- PartVII. Wildlife ranching and rural development -- 44. The role of African rural people in their environment -- 45. The sustainable use of renewable natural resources -- 46. Rural development and the wildlife rancher -- Part VIII. Human health in the field -- 47. Field health risks and medication -- Index.