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GOATS DO ROAM, AND BIOBOUNDARY PREDATOR DETERRENTS KEEP THEM SAFE
Our BioBoundary experiments at livestock enclosures have previously shown that BioBoundary deterrents, based on predators’ chemical...
Dr. Peter Apps
Oct 3, 20243 min read


SNARED DOGS!
written by David Hoffman In early May this year, Mogotlo Lodge, a small tourist camp close to Dog Camp just outside the Moremi Game...
David Hofmann
Nov 17, 20223 min read


HOW WILD DOGS TALK TO EACH OTHER AND WHAT IT TELLS US ABOUT TERRITORIALITY
The territories of African wild dogs are vast, on the order of hundreds of square miles. Consequently, wild dogs were often described as...
Megan Claase
Oct 30, 20243 min read


GOATS DO ROAM, AND BIOBOUNDARY PREDATOR DETERRENTS KEEP THEM SAFE
Our BioBoundary experiments at livestock enclosures have previously shown that BioBoundary deterrents, based on predators’ chemical...
Dr. Peter Apps
Oct 3, 20243 min read

The Importance of Fieldwork in Animal Behaviour & Conservation
I’m very good at finding hidden holes. In fact, during my PhD, I found myself driving a Land Rover into a surprisingly large one while...
Kasim Rafiq, PhD
Jul 8, 20243 min read

Dogs Sometimes Move in Mysterious Ways
COLLARING ROSSIGNOL Our research camp lies on the eastern fringes of the Okavango Delta, just outside of the famous Moremi Game Reserve....
David Hoffman
Oct 20, 20237 min read

How Technology Is Helping Research and Conservation
It’s indisputable that technology has made our lives easier and often times better. And more and more frequently technology is making it...
Gabriele Cozzi, PhD
Oct 16, 20233 min read

SNARED DOGS! (Part 2- FORENSICS)
written by David Hofmann & J.Weldon McNutt Having opportunistically radio-collared the dominant male in the Dijo Pack in order to monitor...
David Hofmann
Nov 17, 20222 min read

THE LEOPARD NEXT DOOR (WITH NOTES ON HOW NOT TO CATCH A LEOPARD
It started with a phone call. “Do you still have those leopard traps?” asked Rob, a wildlife vet calling camp from Maun. Megan confirmed...
Hugh Webster, PhD
Feb 25, 20227 min read

BIOBOUNDARY PREDATOR REPELLENTS; DOING IMPOSSIBLE THINGS
Dr. Peter Apps runs Botswana Predator Conservation's BioBoundary Project BIOBOUNDARY PREDATOR REPELLENTS; DOING IMPOSSIBLE THINGS “We...
Dr. Peter Apps
Jun 17, 202111 min read

THE AFRICAN WILD DOG: AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE WORLD'S LARGEST TRANSOUNDARY CONSERVATION AREA
The African wild dog dispersal project is a collaboration between University of Zurich and BPC. Dispersal is an important process...
David Hofmann
Jun 1, 20213 min read

TOP GUN
Goose is a leopard, or rather, was a leopard. I would prefer not to admit that he is probably dead, but I think it’s time to face the...
Megan Claase
Aug 24, 20205 min read

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