QR Code: VEN-001– Kudu

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Species: Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

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IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern (LC)

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South African Protection Status: Not listed as a Threatened or Protected Species (TOPS). Harvest regulated under Eastern Cape provincial nature conservation legislation.

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Source Property: Somerset East Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Harvest Season: Autumn (March–May), following the summer rainfall season.

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Vegetation & Landscape: A diverse mosaic of Valley Bushveld, Eastern Karoo Grassland, Afrotemperate Forest patches and Nama-Karoo shrubland, supporting free-ranging game across naturally diverse grazing and browsing habitats.

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Meat Profile: This kudu offers a tender, fine-grained texture with exceptional succulence. Its natural diet of indigenous browse, fruits and aromatic shrubs imparts a delicate, slightly sweet flavour with subtle nutty notes, balanced by a refined, mild game character. Naturally lean, high in protein and rich in iron and vitamin B12.

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Animal feeding habit: Primarily a browser, feeding on indigenous woody species including Vachellia karroo, Euclea undulata, Searsia spp., Grewia spp., Boscia spp., seasonal forbs, wild fruits and fresh grass shoots following rainfall.

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General Notes: Free-ranging browser harvested under ethical, sustainable wildlife management practices from naturally functioning ecosystems.

 

Antibiotics: None used.

 

Hormones: None used.

 

Legal Framework: Harvested in compliance with South African provincial nature conservation legislation and veterinary regulations.

Processing Criteria: Processed at an ACPD-certified game abattoir holding a valid Certificate of Acceptability, approved in terms of the Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000). Packaged and distributed by VENISON, Cape Town, South Africa.