Fred’s euthanasia was a carfeul consideration of danger to the public and mitigating factors Understanding why the new protocol is an improvement Before the current protocol was compiled, a management policy (Brownlie 2000) for raiding baboons was already in place. This policy was devised by the authorities in conjunction with civic, scientific (Kansky & Gaynor) [...]
May
19
2011
19
2011
May
10
2011
10
2011
‘Feeding stations’: an answer to conflict?
Baboons foraging in human areas leads to highly undesirable consequences A question that is being asked of baboon management on a regular basis is whether using feeding stations (or provisioning) can be used to draw baboons away from human areas, where humans and baboons often conflict with one another. In this post we address the [...]
Nov
26
2009
26
2009
Human/wildlife overlap: is there a health risk?
In our previous blog posts we discussed some of the issues arising from the increasing levels of contact between baboons and humans in the Cape Peninsula. This week we focus on a problem associated with inter-species interactions that is gaining coverage in many areas across the world: health hazards. Health risks linked to human/wildlife overlap [...]
Nov
3
2009
3
2009
Collars for Conservation
The enormous improvements made to tracking technology over recent decades have meant that anyone can track their stolen car, missing pet or lost grandmother from any location in the world. These tracking devices are so useful and provide such high quality spatial information, that they are currently being used to study the behaviour, movement patterns, home [...]