Good relations with local communi-ties whose members can rapidly report any incursions, however,
also remains critical. Equally significant is the legal basis under
which anti-poaching personnel operate: for example, whether they
are empowered to pursue suspected poachers outside their own
boundaries, whether they have the authority to make arrests,
and when they are permitted to use firearms. For translocation
programs, live-capture, veterinary, transport and soft-release tech-niques have evolved greatly over recent years, with a corps of
practical knowledge and experience adapted for different species,
leading to successful translocations across international borders
with no losses