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COMMUNICATING WITH AFRICAN WILD DOGS USING BIOBOUNDARY CHEMICAL SIGNALS
African wild dog overmarking a synthetic (lab produced artificial) scent mark precisely as if it were a natural scent mark. A few months...
Dr. Peter Apps
18 hours ago


One Vaccine at a Time: How Animal Health in Our Communities Helps Protect Botswana’s Predators
Botswana Predator Conservation (BPC), a program of Wild Entrust, again partnered in 2025 with the Maun Animal Welfare Society (MAWS) to...
BPC
3 days ago


HABU YOUTH MOBILIZED!
In late November 2024, Habu’s Kgosi ‘Mod’ Masedi, along with WEA Senior Staffers Kalafo and Joel Kangootui, gathered an eager group of 30...
Tico - J.W. McNutt
Feb 17


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, 2024


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, 2024


THE VALUE OF FIELDWORK IN WILDLIFE RESEARCH
An adult African wild dog interacting with newborn pups that emerged from the den for the first time. Post-doctoral researcher Kasim...
Kasim Rafiq, PhD
Jul 8, 2024


Meet the 2024 Coaching Conservation Coaching team
Coaching Conservation has expanded in Botswana in 2024. With diverse backgrounds and dedication, each coach brings a unique perspective...
Lesley McNutt
Jan 30, 2024


CC’s BUSHDay initiative is changing views on human-wildlife conflicts
Students pose in a game viewer vehicle with their guide from Natural Selection In the heart of Khwai community, tales of human-wildlife...
Patience Isaacs
Dec 5, 2023


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, 2023


HOW TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION
Example of two images that the African Carnivore Wildbook successfully matched as containing the same individual. Dr. Gabriele Cozzi It’s...
Gabriele Cozzi, PhD
Oct 16, 2023


NPR documents how CC’s BUSHDays are building children’s empathy for wildlife
National Public Radio reporter Nurith Aizenman visited Habu to learn how the Coaching Conservation initiatives are helping kids see wild...
Patience Isaacs
May 10, 2023


A milestone MOU for Coaching Conservation
Coaching Conservation achieved a significant milestone by signing an unprecedented 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the...
Patience Isaacs
Apr 25, 2023


SNARED DOGS!
A pack of African wild dogs at dawn. In order to be able to monitor it, we decided to put a GPS/Satellite collar on another adult male in...
David Hofmann
Nov 17, 2022


SNARED DOGS! (PART 2 - FORENSICS)
Dijo pack as they moved off into the sunset after having their snares removed. Having opportunistically radio-collared the dominant male...
David Hofmann
Nov 17, 2022


FORMER BUSHMEAT HUNTERS NOW HELP MITIGATE HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT IN NORTHERN BOTSWANA
Thursday 03 November 2022 12:47 GMT. THE INDEPENDENT, UK A sustainable cattle ranching project supports local communities while...
The Independent
Nov 3, 2022


MORE VEGETABLES!
The Government of Botswana and SADC pledge more support for vegetable production in Habu. Representatives of the government of Botswana’s...
Community Coexistence
Sep 20, 2022


THE LEOPARD NEXT DOOR (WITH NOTES ON HOW NOT TO CATCH A LEOPARD)
Leopards excel in adaptability and survive in virtually any environment, cleverly using every resource to their benefit. It started with...
Hugh Webster, PhD
Feb 25, 2022


CO – EXISTENCE HOME BASE CAMP ESTABLISHED
The new home base camp! Enroute to establishing their home base camp, CO-EX staff taking a large Leopard Tortoise out of harm’s way...
Community Coexistence
Feb 23, 2022


TRAINING FOR NEW OFFICERS
Wild Entrust’s newly hired BAITS officers Mr Kerapetse Kalafo and Mr Kelweefe Xubere joined with their counterparts from CLAWS (Eretsha)...
Community Coexistence
Feb 23, 2022


BIOBOUNDARY PREDATOR REPELLENTS; DOING IMPOSSIBLE THINGS
Leopard caught on a camera trap. Dr. Peter Apps runs Botswana Predator Conservation's BioBoundary Project BIOBOUNDARY PREDATOR...
Dr. Peter Apps
Jun 17, 2021
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