David Macdonald, WildCRU’s Director writes that: Last week Dr Dawn Burnham and I were fumbling through suitcases in the baggage arrival area of Heathrow airport, returning from observing lions in South Africa. We had been attending an excellent conference at Rhodes University where Dawn had delivered a paper on WildCRU’s research on why charismatic big […]
The photo of Cecil, projected onto the Empire State Building is deeply evocative. Of course, for Andy Loveridge and me, and our dedicated team at Hwange it leaves us reeling with emotion, and deep gratitude to the more than 11,000 people who have donated to our project. But more personally, I think back to the […]
Last night we were surprised so see rumours of the death of a second lion, Jericho, circulating in the media – we had no evidence for this. The rumours claimed he too had been hunted illegally. The WildCRU field research team and a National Parks ranger set out at daybreak to attempt to find him. […]
I have wonderful news for all those following the story of Cecil, and our work for lion conservation in Zimbabwe and beyond. Overnight, thousands of donors worldwide brought the total of the Cecil Appeal to £300,000. This is stupendous my colleague Andy Loveridge and I are overwhelmed and inspired. There is more. Minutes ago I […]
Whitley Analyst Since joining the WildCRU in 1992, I have had an input to many WildCRU projects tackling a wide range of issues in global conservation biology. I have been particularly involved with farmland and wildlife in the UK, exploring how biodiversity is affected by modern farming practices. Much of this work has been summarised […]
I joined WildCRU in 2006 having completed my PhD in 2004 from Manchester Metropolitan University on the behavioural ecology of bachelor male patas monkeys in Kenya. I quantitatively assessed the habitat quality of bachelor male ranges and explored other factors affecting their ranging patterns. Previously I worked in Zambia on blue monkeys, contributing to a […]