http://okavangocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org Applied Research For Management Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:05:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello all,  We have been going through a few changes here in the Okavango carnivore program. First, Dungi, the primary contributor to this site, has moved on from the program. He has taken a job with the Department of Wildlife and National Parks in his home region of Tsabong. We wish ... http://okavangocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2009/03/13/news-from-the-okavango/ I was been aware from camp for four days and my arrival was confronted by amazing report from one of my collegues. Astonishing! over 70mm recorded over a period of three days during my absence!. Since then, the atmosphere has been masked with grey heavy clouds with occasional drops at ... http://okavangocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/11/19/more-showers-and-more-to-come/ This week marked the first feeling of the sensational moments of rainfall. Our long anticipation for rain has come to an end, after working and getting soaked in sweat in extremely hot temperatures. On monday morning,   9 mm of was recorded at our camp (also known as Wild Dog ... http://okavangocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/11/12/rain-is-approaching/ Part of my daily work involves getting up in the morning and going out radio tracking collared animals and recording behavioral data. On the 16th of October, I skipped the game count survey. “Today, I am m going to find the study animals,” I said to myself. ... http://okavangocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/10/23/carnivore%e2%80%99s-diet/ What contributes the diet of the larger carnivore species in the Okavango region? The study of large carnivore species requires information about what they eat; what are potential prey species in the range area, and which species are most abundant. In order to answer such questions, we conduct game count ... http://okavangocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/10/09/how-do-lions-leopards-cheetah-and-other-larger-carnivores-survive/  The crucial point of our predator research study is basically, the idea of getting scientific data comprehend it, and consequently, apply it to solve ecological problems. In Botswana, farmers and predators are enemies (in this case, I include the five carnivore species we study). This is, and will always be ... http://okavangocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/09/21/help-and-support-our-predator-research-save-wildlife/ In the previous post, I briefly discussed the African Wild Dog. Let me give you a tour on another species of my interest, the Spotted Hyaena. I am not an expert on Spotted Hyaena, but let me share with you a few things I learned during my two years of ... http://okavangocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/08/30/identifying-spotted-hyaena-spoor/  Animal tracks can be useful in a variety of different ways. The occurance of animal spoors signify the presence of those animals in our study area. Our project uses these tracks as an indirect measure to obtain large carnivore abundance and distribution in the various habitat types found in the Okavango ... http://okavangocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/07/31/african-wild-dog-spoor/ Work in the field I have been out of camp for a couple weeks visiting my family in Southern Botswana. Everyone seems to doing very well there and it was nice to spend time with them. However, I am happy to be back in camp and out in the field ... http://okavangocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/07/20/activities-in-the-bush/ A new leopard discovered was sighted while two of our researchers was radio tracking a mortality beeping leopard radio-collar. He was darted and radio collared. Unfortunately the old radio collared leopard which has been monitored for more half a year was found near by and confirmed dead. The cause of the death has ... http://okavangocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/07/08/new-leopard-collared-unfortunately-one-is-lost/