Fauna
At the start there were very few original species in the Bandia reserve. Therefore the animals were introduced into the reserve, these being original Senegalese species and non-original ones to make the reserve more attractive for tourists. From 1991-1999 the following animals were imported from various areas of Senegal (the number afrter the scientific name indicate introduced numbers): African buffalo (Syncerus caffer, 10), Kob (Kobus kob, 38), Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa, 1) and the Roan antelope (Hippotragus equines, 24) obtained from game catches in the PNNK; Red-fronted gazelle (Gazella rufifrons, 2), Dama gazelle (Gazella dama mhorr, 3) coming from northern Senegal, Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus, 4), Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus, 22), Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus, 2) and
the tortoise (Geochelone sulcata, 8) were introduced or regenerated from the original population or even moved themselves into the safety of the reserve. In 2000 a group of Western giant elands (Taurotragus derbianus derbianus, 9) was caught in the Niokolo Koba national park. Asian water buffalo (Buballus buballis, 11) also coming from Senegal, from the Asian animal breeding station near St. Louis in northern Senegal (Al Ogoumrabe 2002).
Foreign animal imports began in 1994, apart from the 6 day-old ostrich chicks (Struthio camelus) from Holland in 1991. Other ostriches were also imported, also Caama hartebeest (Alcephalus buselaphus caama, 4), Blesbok (Damaliscus dorcas phillipsii, 7), Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus ellipsiprymnus, 7), Common eland (Taurotragus oryx, 8), Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros, 5), Impala (Aeaepyceros melampus, 10), giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa, 4), Gems-bock (Oryx gazella gazella, 5) and the southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium si-mum simum, 4). 
Only the Hartebeest and Blesbok were not able to adapt to the local, evidently food, and conditions. The other animals are thriving and reproducing very well. Reproduction success has been recorded especially in giraffes, roan antelopes, elands and impalas. Apart from quarantined animals and the Western giant eland until recently none of the animals have been given supplementary fodder and they have only eaten the vegetation in the reserve. In the last 2 years there has been little rain and the vegetation is very dry making it necessary to supplement the animals’ food with peanut hay.