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BPC BLOG - WE RESEARCH TO PROTECT
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 signals, protect livestock by keeping predators away. But nearly all predator attacks happen when animals are out grazing, and using BioBoundary chemical signals at overnight kraals does not protect these free-ranging livestock. Adapting our BioBoundary deterrents to protect livestock while they are grazing has the potential to revolutionize how
Dr. Peter Apps
Oct 3, 20243 min read
Understanding African Wild Dogs: The BioBoundary Project's Breakthroughs in Scent Communication
African wild dog overmarking a synthetic (lab produced artificial) scent mark precisely as if it were a natural scent mark. The Importance of Scent Communication in African Wild Dogs A few months ago, Botswana Predator Conservation’s BioBoundary project achieved a significant milestone. For the first time, we captured evidence that African wild dogs respond behaviorally to single lab-produced components of their territorial scent mark signals. They react in the same way they
Dr. Peter Apps
Aug 15, 20253 min read
Botswana Predator Conservation: A Vital Partnership for Wildlife and Community Health
The Importance of Veterinary Services in Conservation Botswana Predator Conservation (BPC), a program of Wild Entrust, partnered again in 2025 with the Maun Animal Welfare Society (MAWS). Together, they brought essential veterinary services through several vaccination campaigns to key communities within the Okavango landscape. BPC staff raised over P50,000 for the 2025 MAWS vaccination program in rural areas, supported by African Bush Camps , Chitabe Camp , Natural Selection
Botswana Predator Conservation
Aug 13, 20253 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 signals, protect livestock by keeping predators away. But nearly all predator attacks happen when animals are out grazing, and using BioBoundary chemical signals at overnight kraals does not protect these free-ranging livestock. Adapting our BioBoundary deterrents to protect livestock while they are grazing has the potential to revolutionize how
Dr. Peter Apps
Oct 3, 20243 min read
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, 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, 20238 min read
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, 20233 min read
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 the pack which would allow us to reliably relocate the newly named Dijo Pack, and to gather data on its movements. In early May this year, Mogotlo Lodge, a small tourist camp close to Dog Camp just outside the Moremi Game Reserve, reported that they saw a new pack of wild dogs and one of the dogs had a wire-snare around its neck. We immedia
David Hofmann
Nov 17, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20228 min read
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