How international treaties can help lions

June 12, 2018

Lions are, collectively, in trouble. Recent estimates suggest populations of wild lions in Africa have fallen below 30,000 in number. In an ongoing collaboration with legal researchers Arie Trouwborst and Melissa Lewis at Tilburg Law School, researchers at WildCRU have been asking how international treaties can help to save the species. In ... Read full story

Ending fur trade in the UK

May 31, 2018

Ahead of next week’s parliamentary debate over the importation of fur into the UK, WildCRU’s Dr Sandra Baker joins animal behaviour professionals and vets in signing a letter to Michael Gove in support of a ban. Other signatories include Chris Packham and Dr Jane Goodall. Read about it in The Independent and in a letter ... Read full story

Wildlife Conservation Course 2018 – A Magical Journey

May 31, 2018

Dark forces seep into the enchanted forest. This awakes the mythical creatures, some cast their spells for protection, others attack with their magic while some succumb to the evil temptation. This may sound like a scene from Harry Potter, but it’s actually the story for a conservation education ... Read full story

Dinder, a forgotten corner of African wilderness

June 5, 2018

In 2016, an expedition led by WildCRU’s Dr Hans Bauer  ‘discovered’ a lion population in a transboundary ecosystem with two National Parks, Dinder (Sudan) and Alatash (Ethiopia). Those lions had been protected by authorities and communities for a long time; they simply went unnoticed by the international community due to its remoteness and few visitors. ... Read full story

Ethical wildlife control

May 31, 2018

WildCRU’s Dr Sandra Baker was a co-author on a now highly-cited paper, International consensus principles for ethical wildlife control (Dubois, S., et al. 2017. Conservation Biology 31(4): 753-760). The team have now produced the following infographic summarising in images the findings of the paper. Click ... Read full story

Are water voles at risk from development? WildCRU research questions efficacy of mitigation technique.

May 30, 2018

The water vole, immortalised as ‘Ratty’ in Kenneth Grahams’ Wind in the Willows was formerly a common sight on waterways throughout mainland Britain. However, catastrophic declines due to predation from invasive American mink combined with habitat loss and fragmentation have resulted in the water vole now being considered one of Britain’s most endangered wild mammals. ... Read full story