Terefe, the lucky survivor

July 27, 2020

Terefe is the first Ethiopian wolf ever to be nursed to back to health following injury and has been successfully released back into the wild. He was found seriously injured in the Simien Mountains and after an amazing recovery he is now reunited with his pack. He has been fitted with a Lotek wireless collar ... Read full story

WildCRU Toolkits bearing exciting fruit

July 21, 2020

An idea has germinated and flowered, writes David Macdonald in celebration of the first two published WildCRU Toolkit papers. Almost ten years ago we consolidated our early work on clouded leopards in Sabah into a major field programme stretching from Nepal in the east to Kalimantan in the west. The first step was to unveil details ... Read full story

EWCP Annual Report 2020 now out

June 29, 2020

The Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme is a partnership of WildCRU with the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority established in 1995. Ethiopian wolves are Africa’s most threatened carnivore. A few hundred wolves perching on the Roof of Africa are threatened by habitat loss and disease. Read about our work in the latest EWCP Annual Report.

Hedgehogs return to WildCRU

July 21, 2020

With a tradition in hedgehog research going back to 1996, starting with innovative work on their – far from positive - reactions to badger odour, and most recently Carly Pettet’s farmland work  and a sortie with the desert-dwelling Ethiopian hogs that, despite their name, live in Qatar, WildCRU is thrilled to ... Read full story

A Panther to Celebrate

July 2, 2020

David Macdonald celebrates the remarkable achievements of Naresh Kusi, WildCRU Panther 2018: we rejoice in the achievements, and global impact, of our Panthers – there are almost one hundred of them now, all working for conservation around the world. We are always thrilled to hear of their accomplishments and in the case of Naresh, ... Read full story

Unveiling population densities of the elusive Sunda clouded leopard

June 11, 2020

David Macdonald writes that WildCRU graduate student, Iding Haidir has taken an important step to ensuring that while clouded leopards may be out of sight, they should not be out of mind. Whilst the charismatic mega-fauna of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia, such as the Sumatran tiger, rhino and orangutan, attract considerable conservation effort, ... Read full story