Blog posts in Conservation And Research

GPS and VHF Wildlife Tracking Collars used for Monitoring

One of our priority tracking techniques with Wildlife ACT is the radio-tracking of collars via telemetry. But did you know there are various types of...

Celebrating World Sea Turtle Day

World Sea Turtle Day was on the 16th of June 2020, it is celebrated on the birthday of Dr Archi Carr, who, through his research, brought attention to...

Coronavirus, Wet Markets & the Wildlife Trade

In April 2020, Blood Lions hosted a discussion on Twitter regarding coronavirus, wet markets and the wildlife trade and how these fit into the...

Tortoise DNA Project in KwaZulu-Natal

To minimise the threat of exposing existing wild populations to genetic out-crossing, the aim of the Tortoise DNA Project will be to ensure that the...

What happens to the data that Wildlife ACT collects?

The data that is collected by our monitoring teams on a daily basis includes location data, feeding observations, condition assessments, and...