AfriCat officially restarted operations post Covid on 1 March 2022. Having lost almost all AfriCat staff, in particular all the researchers, and gone into hibernation as a result of Covid we decided to use the opportunity to re-think and re-strategize on how to go forward.
Pangolin Project Update Little is known about the reproduction and life cycle of the ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii). The research that has been done, originates mainly from South Africa and is based on limited observations. This is due to the…
Brown Hyaena Research Update During the second half of 2018, the first ever brown hyaena population survey was conducted across Okonjima. Using 40 camera traps placed mainly at latrines, predictable areas of brown hyaena activity, individual hyaenas were identified using…
AfriCat Leopard Research 2019 During the last year the leopard research on Okonjima has focused on monitoring the existing leopard population to gain a detailed understanding of the spatial and behavioral ecology of leopards living in an enclosed reserve via…
Specialist International Veterinary Group Visit... At the beginning of May this year an international veterinary group, comprising out Feline veterinary specialists, visiting the AfriCat Foundation Clinic. The main focus was to observe how wild cats are looked at either in…
AfriCat Pangolin Research Project Determining the home range size, population density, habitat selection and ecology of wild ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) in the Okonjima Nature Reserve. - Dr. Kelsey Prediger Biodiversity across the world is increasingly under threat and facing…
Brown Hyaena Den News Usually seen foraging alone, brown hyaena are often assumed to be solitary animals, however they been described as ‘obviously solitary, but secretly social’ due to their highly social lives which are played out at hidden dens…
AfriCat Cheetah Rehabilitation AfriCat’s Cheetah Rehabilitation project was initiated in 2000 and aimed to give some of AfriCat’s captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) the opportunity to return to their natural environment. Between 2000 and 2018, 53 former captive cheetahs were released…
AfriCat's Final Annual Health Check... Annual health checks on the large carnivores at AfriCat are headed by veterinarians from Namibia and South Africa. In-depth health examinations are carried out on all the captive and rehabilitated carnivores. All the cats are…
The Masters... Dash, Ruff and Tumble first came to AfriCat in 2008 at the age of one month and lived at AfriCat’s Carnivore Care Centre for the following four years. In 2012 the sibling trio was released into Okonjima’s 20…