Blog posts by Wildlife ACT

Community Educational Bush Camps Run by Wildlife ACT Fund

Wildlife ACT Fund aims to include communities in the conservation process through their education bush camps that teach children to love and protect nature. read more

Road strip game counts in ZRR

Recently the ZRR team has been assisting park management with game counts. These game counts provide necessary data in order to maintain a healthy reserve. read more

GPS and VHF Tracking Collars used for Wildlife Monitoring

Take a look at the different types of tracking collars that we use for wildlife monitoring and why they are so important in obtaining the vital information we need to research selected endangered... read more

12 Wild Dogs get a new home in Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve

For those of you who've joined Wildlife ACT on Thanda Private Game Reserve, you'll know the trials and tribulations that we've experienced with Thanda's pack of endangered African Wild Dogs. On the... read more

Four Cheetah cubs born on Thanda Private Game Reserve

Thanda Private Game Reserve's two male Cheetah (Phil and Rusty) were seen courting the new female Cheetah (Nandi) in December. Well, the mating was obviously successful! We have four new cheetah cubs... read more

Lion contraception on Thanda

On Thanda Game Reserve, Wildlife ACT focuses monitoring efforts on the African Painted Dog, Cheetah and Rhino. We don’t monitor Lions intensively but help gather data now and again as they can have... read more

A new female cheetah for Thanda Private Game Reserve

Thanda Private Game Reserve have only had one coalition of two male Cheetah brothers, nicknamed Phil and Rusty, that hang out on the fence line. There have been no females in the reserve at all. On... read more

Introducing 9 new Wild Dog pups on Thanda!

We’re so excited to announce that Thanda Private Game Reserve has nine new little Wild Dog puppies! They’ve finally ventured from their den where they’ve been kept safe for the last... read more

Bush fire threatens African Painted Dog den site on Thanda

A bush fire swept through community land close to the western boundry of Thanda Private Game Reserve this weekend. A team of Wildlife ACT monitors and Thanda rangers went out on Friday and Saturday... read more