Project Report
| Oct 14, 2026
October 2026 Update
By Eugene Troskie | Managing Director
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Collar found after being ripped from the hyena
Dear donors,
We have raised a total of $9322.41 of our $16,000.00 goal through grants, GlobalGiving donations and private donations. We have purchased two research collars that was fitted to two female spotted hyena and have purchased a third collar to replace the first one due to failing battery.
In December 2024 we collared our first adult female Spotted Hyena, her collar's battery is starting to fail and needs to be replaced.
In August 2025 we collared our second adult female Spotted Hyena, unfortunately her collar was ripped of during a fight with a lion and will need to be replaced soon.
Data gathered from the two spotted hyenas since we started:
- The hyenas cover an average of 240km per month, walking +/- 8km per night. They traverse over seven properties and have a territory of roughly 6000 hectares. Their core home range covers an area of about 1200 hectares. Both females have had cubs while we were monitoring them.
- Through following up on their collar data we have discovered multiple carcasses of wild animals killed in snares and natural causes including that of six lions, one leopard, two elephant bulls, two giraffe two buffalo and multiple impala.
- We have discovered and dismantled multiple poachers camps after the hyena were attracted to the camps by poaching activity.
- We have arrested two poachers through following up on the hyena data points.
- We've removed over 500 snares in total, by following the two hyena's movements.
Thank you for your continued support and making this project possible.
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Collar showing ripped drop-away mechanism.
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Jun 23, 2026
June 2026 Update
By Eugene Troskie | Managing Director
Dear donors,
We have raised a total of $9292.09 of our $16,000.00 goal through grants, GlobalGiving donations and private donations. We have purchased two research collars and will be ordering another collar when the first collar starts showing signs of its battery going down.
In December 2024 we collared our first adult female Spotted Hyena.
In August 2025 we collared our second adult female Spotted Hyena.
Data gathered from the two spotted hyenas since we started:
- The hyenas cover an average of 240km per month, walking +/- 8km per night. They traverse over seven properties and have a territory of roughly 6000 hectares. Their
core home range covers an area of about 1200 hectares. Both females are currently denning and will have cubs soon.
- Through following up on their collar data we have discovered multiple carcasses of wild animals killed in snares and natural causes including that of four lions, one leopard, two elephant bulls, two giraffe and multiple impala.
- We have discovered and dismantled an active poacher's snare line after the poachers were caught and we looked a the hyena activity in the area.
- We have discovered and dismantled two very active poaching camps after the hyena were attracted to the camps by poaching activity.
- We have arrested a poacher in one of the camps mentioned above.
- We've removed over 450 snares in total, by following the two hyena's movements.
We will be purchasing a third collar to replace the first one when it start to show signs of having low battery levels.
Thank you for your continued support and making this project possible.
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Mar 9, 2026
March 2026 Update
By Eugene Troskie | Managing Director
Dear donors,
We have raised a total of $9292.09 of our $16,000.00 goal through grants, GlobalGiving donations and private donations. We have purchased two research collars and will be ordering another collar when the first collar starts showing signs of its battery going down.
In December 2024 we collared our first adult female Spotted Hyena.
In August 2025 we collared our second adult female Spotted Hyena.
Data gathered from the two spotted hyenas since we started:
- The hyenas cover an average of 240km per month, walking +/- 8km per night. They traverse over seven properties and have a territory of roughly 6000 hectares. Their
core home range covers an area of about 1200 hectares. Both females are currently denning and will have cubs soon.
- Through following up on her collar data we have discovered multiple carcasses of wild animals killed in snares and natural causes including that of two elephant bulls, a giraffe and multiple impala.
- We have discovered and dismantled an active poacher's snare line after the poachers were caught and we looked a the hyena activity in the area.
- We've removed over 400 snares in total, by following the hyena's movements.
We will be purchasing a third collar to replace the first one when it start to show signs of having low battery levels.
Thank you for your continued support and making this project possible.
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