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Carnivores Cats
...Hunting techniques
Hunts mostly at night although leopards will seize any opportunity for a kill; solitary hunter; drags its prey into trees.
Habitat
Riverine forest and rocky outcrops...English
Anti-hunting Groups have Misfired
...Anti-hunting Groups have MisfiredAnti-hunting Groups have MisfiredKruger Park News Archive©Lynette StraussOn May 10 and 17 this year, The Sunday Independent published two articles based on an earlier interview I had graciously agreed to on Eleanor..English
Poachers Threaten Recently Discovered Rare Saola
...It's greatest threat is from illegal hunting, mostly through snaring...English
White Lions Reappear In The Wild
...The lions are reportedly doing well in their early attempts to learn hunting skills after a lifetime of captivity...English
Primates In Peril
...The main threats are habitat destruction, particularly from the burning and clearing of tropical forests the hunting of primates for food, and the illegal wildlife trade...English
Hunt On For Wounded Elephant
...According to Bert Howard, regional nature conservation official, the 22-year-old man who shot the elephant will be charged with illegal hunting...English
ANCYL Anti-hunting Protest Bought and Paid For
...ANCYL Anti-hunting Protest Bought and Paid ForANCYL Anti-hunting Protest Bought and Paid ForKruger Park News Archive The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) was paid to protest against hunting in the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve (TPNR) in May this year...English
South Africans Demand Action Against Rhino Poaching
...Trends in the incidences of poaching and trophy hunting of rhinos prior to- and subsequent to the national moratorium, and relative to changes in laws pertaining to trophy hunting...English
Elephant Dung Shows How People Stress Elephants Out
...watched the elephants throughout the study, but could not detect behavioural changes in the elephants for more than a day after the hunting event...English
Two Rhino Poachers Arrested in The Kruger National Park
...Two firearms, an AK47 and a .375 heavy calibre hunting rifle, as well as three rhino horns, were recovered...English
Carnivores - Dogs
...Food
Scavenges on carrion but also hunts hares, birds, rodents, insects; will also eat fruits and in some areas has been observed hunting co-operatively for medium-sized antelope...English
Conservationists Concerned by Low Oribi Numbers
...In South Africa, its numbers have declined sharply in recent years, primarily due to habitat destruction, illegal hunting (poaching) and inappropriate management...English
Caracals
...Hunting for skins and "luxury bushmeat" is reported to be a threat in West and Central Africa, where the caracal is more sparsely distributed.The caracal's protection status is classified as of least concern...English
Lions
...Collaborative hunting usually involves the males approaching the intended prey upwind with the intention of driving it towards lionesses hiding in the bush downwind...English
New Method Standardises Predator Measurements
...This sheet contains questions on where the sighting took place, how many animals were seen, their physical condition, what they were doing, their prey if they were hunting or feeding, the weather conditions and others...English
Kruger National Park Newsclips
...This cannot be disguised as anything but a green light for hunting in the KNP, which makes no ecological, biological, ethical or economic sense," Bell-Leask said...English
Snares Removed from Wild Dogs in Southern KNP
...The pack had moved into Kruger, leaving their nine pups and the alpha female back at the den, on a hunting foray...English
Ostrich
...The movement changed to domesticating and plucking ostriches, instead of hunting.
Ostriches have been succesfully domesticated and are now farmed throughout the world, particularly in South Africa, for meat, feathers and leather...English
Suspected Rhino Poacher Arrested
...The encounter took place on the afternoon of December 11, 2011.The KNP / SANDF team recovered four recently removed rhino horns and a hunting rifle. Further investigation led to the discovery of one rhino carcass...English
Bushpig
...Their numbers have increased in areas where predators have been taken out and where hunting does not occur. They feed on a range of foods from roots and seeds to insects, eggs and carrion...English
Caracal
...Melanistic or all black Caracal have also been reported.DietIn hunting, the Caracal is mainly nocturnal, but will also use the twilight hours to search out its prey. Diurnal activity has also been observed, specifically in the hunting of bird...English
What Can Nature Do For Us
...The Mongolian wild horse suffered from human interferences such as excessive hunting for their meat and their hide, and loss of habitat...English
Suspected Poachers Killed in Kruger
...A 375 hunting rifle and ammunition were recovered at the scene and police are investigating the matter. On Monday, 27 August, rangers in the Shangoni section killed a suspected rhino poacher in an anti-paoching operation...English
Brucellosis pathogen persists in Botswana buffalo
...Botswana citizens can legally hunt buffalo on a quota system, although illegal hunting persists in some areas.Household meat processing practices can create widespread pathogen exposure risk to family members and the community...English
Shangaan Perspective
...Shangaan PerspectiveShangaan Perspective© Nigel J DennisOver 40 decades ago some of the Shangaan people made their living through hunting game. It was not easy for their children to get a proper education...English
