In partnership with the Endangered Wildlife Trust we aim to fund the collaring of 4 spotted hyenas and 2 lions as part of an expanded project that monitors predators. Data from tracking these animals helps to better protect them and as an early detection system to locate poached animals, snare lines and poisoned carcasses. This VITAL research works both with local communities and researchers to be able to reduce poaching and poisoning. We are losing our predators at an alarming rate!
We are currently losing our predators at an alarming rate, we lost two lions and five spotted hyena during April 2024 alone, these animals are being poisoned and snared deliberately for the local and Asian illegal traditional medicine trade. Locating and responding to these poaching incidents quickly enough to attempt to rescue any surviving animals and or to minimize further risk of other animals being caught or poisoned is difficult if we do not have satellite tracking data available.
Fitting satellite/vhf collars on these animals will enable us to respond rapidly to any suspected poisoning or snaring cases where these animals are involved. Early intervention could save the animals from dying from poison or in a snare. Both lion and hyena feeding habits provide us with data regarding snare lines where other prey animals are often caught and killed by poacher's snares and this attracts the two mentioned species. This data helps us to locate and remove these snares.
1) Reduction of poaching. 2) Reduction of human / wildlife conflict through tracking animals movements and locations. 3) Restoration of the population of lions and spotted hyena in the area where research and monitoring will take place. 4) Restoration of ecological balance that healthy populations of apex predators and scavengers establish in a reserve. 5) Growth in tourism opportunities due to restored animal populations.
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