Last week, Marion and Marine were invited by Dr.AnneLise Schutte-Vlok (again!) to present their research at the CapeNature Quarterly Meeting in Oudtshoorn. It was good to see Marius Brand (manager of Anysberg Nature Reserve) and Theresa van der Westhuizen (Conservation … Continue reading
Last Tuesday, Marion and I (Marine) woke up at 4 am to leave Cape Town and drive to the Oudtshoorn Experimental Farm in the Karoo. We were invited by Dr. AnneLise Schutte-Vlok to give presentations at the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) Forum. Marion … Continue reading
On Friday, 11th of November, the Karoo Predator Project set up on a journey to share results and information about predators with the farmer communities in the Karoo. The trip started on Friday afternoon with two vehicles: one with Justin, visiting … Continue reading
Dear readers, Summer is (very) slowly coming to the Cape and before the end-of-year festivities, the Karoo Predator Project is going to go on a roadshow through parts of the Karoo to present some of the results of the research that … Continue reading
Hello all, At the end of September, the Karoo Predator Project (Prof. Justin O’Riain, Dr. Marion Tafani, Storme Viljoen and Marine Drouilly) was present at the SAWMA Symposium in the Limpopo Province, along with other students and post-docs from the … Continue reading
Dear readers, The Karoo Predator Project is happy to announce that Dr. Marion Tafani, Storme Viljoen and Marine Drouilly (along with Prof. Justin O’Riain) will be presenting some of their research during the SAWMA Symposium held in September (18-21) at Tzaneen Country … Continue reading
For the last months, our baboon researcher, Dr. Marion Tafani, has been setting up camera traps in locations frequently visited by baboons to assess troop size and composition and the body condition of our monitored troops. These pictures … Continue reading
