Wildlife research collars

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:

1. 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.
2. 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. 
3. We have discovered and dismantled multiple poachers camps after the hyena were attracted to the camps by poaching activity.
4. We have arrested two poachers through following up on the hyena data points.
5. 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.