The Cullman and Hurt Community Wildlife Project, formerly known as the Cullman Wildlife Project, was founded in 1990 on the conviction that wildlife and its habitat can only be conserved by involving the local people, and from that involvement, give them a direct benefit from the wildlife among which they live. The future of wildlife in Africa rests in the hands of its indigenous people. Wildlife must be an attractive, lucrative and beneficial form of land use to communities to encourage its long-term stewardship. Without the full support and cooperation of local communities, wildlife in Africa is surely doomed.