Good news from Cecil’s pride

August 20, 2015

We have just received two enjoyable photos from Brent Stapelkamp and the field team, showing cubs in Cecil’s pride looking, as he put it “Fat and happy”. Full size picture Full size picture Donations can be made at ... Read full story

Free online GIS course for conservation professionals this September

August 19, 2015

WildCRU's Dr  Lucy Tallents is excited to be teaching a free online course introducing the basics of GIS using QGIS over the first three weeks of September (Mon 31 Aug – Sun 20 Sept) as part of her role to enhance conservation capacity through online learning. She’s using this opportunity of testing a draft ... Read full story

Today’s children – tomorrow’s decision-makers

August 16, 2015

David Macdonald explains how WildCRU’s research in the Hwange Lion Project runs hand-in-hand with an education programme for village children: around the borders of Hwange National Park, where Dr Andrew Loveridge and I set up wildCRU’s lion project in 1999, there are numerous villages. Historically, many villagers have viewed lions, and other large predators, with ... Read full story

WildCRU’s Hwange Lion Project thanks Cara Delevingne and the matching generosity of Tag Heuer watches

August 19, 2015

David Macdonald and Andrew Loveridge mentioned in an earlier newsflash our gratitude to Cara Delevingne for auctioning her personal Tag Heuer wristwatch (with lion face) to raise funds for our project. Through the enthusiastic generosity of the successful buyer, Rebhi Barqawi, the sale raised over £9000 – we are grateful to Mr Barqawi for pushing ... Read full story

Cecil’s cubs

August 18, 2015

Cecil’s family all well – David Macdonald writes: even with our satellite tracking gear and an intimate knowledge of the area, finding lions in the bush can be a bit like finding the proverbial needle in haystack. We have been careful to provide up-dates on the well-being of Cecil’s pride only when we had visual ... Read full story

Seeing is believing

August 14, 2015

David Macdonald gives details of a video clip of WildCRU’s work at Hwange: In recent days we have explained that the WildCRU’s Hwange Lion Project tackles diverse aspects of lion conservation, and that this is as focused on the well-being of local people, often in impoverished communities, as it is on the well-being of the ... Read full story