The territories of African wild dogs are vast, on the order of hundreds of square miles. Consequently, wild dogs were often described as...

Our BioBoundary experiments at livestock enclosures have previously shown that BioBoundary deterrents, based on predators’ chemical...

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...

COLLARING ROSSIGNOL Our research camp lies on the eastern fringes of the Okavango Delta, just outside of the famous Moremi Game Reserve....

It’s indisputable that technology has made our lives easier and often times better. And more and more frequently technology is making it...

written by David Hoffman In early May this year, Mogotlo Lodge, a small tourist camp close to Dog Camp just outside the Moremi Game...

written by David Hofmann & J.Weldon McNutt Having opportunistically radio-collared the dominant male in the Dijo Pack in order to monitor...

It started with a phone call. “Do you still have those leopard traps?” asked Rob, a wildlife vet calling camp from Maun. Megan confirmed...

Dr. Peter Apps runs Botswana Predator Conservation's BioBoundary Project BIOBOUNDARY PREDATOR REPELLENTS; DOING IMPOSSIBLE THINGS “We...

The African wild dog dispersal project is a collaboration between University of Zurich and BPC. Dispersal is an important process...

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...

​Over the past few years, we have equipped dispersing African wild dogs with GPS/Satellite radio collars as part of a collaborative...

Fatal human-wildlife conflict is a growing problem. Losses of livestock to predators severely impact rural livelihoods, and predators...

There’s no  way around it: to investigate how African wild dogs use shared marking sites (what we call an SMS), we need to use continuous...

My favourite thing to do is to sit and watch wild animals. I always wonder what they’re doing and why? – which, in a roundabout way, has...

The BioBoundary of artificial scent marks that the BotswanaPredator Conservation Trust is developing to keep endangered African wild dogs...

African wild dogs are great travellers; for the nine months of the year that they are not denning with pups, they range over hundreds or...

Think of a pride of lions. Now think of a beach... Maybe its not the most obvious analogy, (brought on by the heat and an active...

On Wednesday 22 May 2019 the government of Botswana announced an end to a five-year suspension of hunting on government land. The lifting...

New packs of wild dogs sometimes simply don’t last – potential packs dissolving within a few weeks. But others last for years. How to...