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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...
Dr. Peter Apps
Oct 3, 20243 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...
David Hofmann
Nov 17, 20223 min read
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
3 days ago3 min read
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
5 days ago3 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 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! (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
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, 202111 min read
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