Wildlife ACT Blog
Horrible Hyenas?
Listen to a conversation about hyenas and you will likely hear more criticism than praise. “Hyenas are ugly, cowardly, useless things, with no...
Vultures and the Art of Decomposition, Flight & Disease-killing Digestion
Written by Rhiannon Gill The art of decomposition is a unique one and is a process vital for the environment to remain healthy. Carcasses need to...
Written Objection to Draft Regulations for Domestic Trade & International Export of Rhino Horn
We are calling on all individuals and conservation organisations to read the proposed amendments to be made by the DEA, to be found here and for...
Using GPS Units to Monitor our Remaining Vultures
At the end of January 2017, our monitoring team at the uMkhuze Section of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park had a special sighting of one of our tagged...
Endangered Sea Turtle Monitoring Explained
Beach patrols on North Island are done every morning. Part of this endangered sea turtle monitoring task involves looking for signs of nesting from...
Dung Beetles: The Telecoprids, Endocoprids, Paracoprids & Kleptocoprids
During summer time dung piles come alive with scarabs we like to call Dung Beetles. There are approximately 780 species of Dung Beetle in South...
In Memory of Crossroads Pack
I thought I would post this in memory of a pack of Wild Dogs known as Crossroads Pack that used to roam Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. Crossroads Pack was...
African Wild Dogs introduced into Balule York Nature Reserve, part of the Greater Kruger National Park
On the 29th of October 2016, six African Wild Dogs from Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve were successfully moved to their new home in Balule Nature...