South Africa has an extensive linear infrastructure network of roads, railways and powerlines, which is essential for human connectivity. However, it is not great news for primates. Approximately 18% of the world’s primates are directly impacted by linear infrastructure.
A recent study co-authored by EWT scientists has tested a novel way of using lion scat to keep Wild Dogs off private land and safe from persecution.
To prevent further population declines in Africa’s large carnivores, we monitor them to determine the number of individuals in the wild.
Wild Dogs cross reserve fences and are exposed to risks such as snaring, persecution, and vehicle collisions. But why do they cross fences?
Three crane species converge within the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, and crane populations declined severely in this region in the 1980s. And as a result, there have since been considerable conservation efforts focused there, with notably positive results.