A lion’s fingerprint
Identifying individual lions is not an easy task, and you need to start from a broad approach and narrow down to unique characteristics. We already saw how important it is to note the area of Read More …
Tag: Zakouma
Fantastic lions and how to identify them
ID kits are a huge help in identifying lions, but must be made accurately and kept up to date to make things easier. When making a new ID sheet, the first thing you do is Read More …
From the egg to the desert: an Ostrich reintroduction story
African Parks is famous for the many reintroductions they undertake in their parks, bringing back the species that intense poaching and bad management have taken out of the picture. This year I contributed to the Read More …
Up close and personal: Collaring lions in Zakouma
The first step in the lion project has been to collar 5 lions. We looked for lions living in areas that will flood in the wet season, such as Rigueik, Fatagoki and Tororo, and close Read More …
Monitoring Zakouma Lions
This year I’m working at an in-depth assessment of the lion population of Zakouma National Park. We are monitoring the lions through camera trapping, GPS collaring and individual identification to assess the challenges that the Read More …
Big Carnivore Survey in Zakouma NP
Zakouma National Park is an amazing wildlife safeheaven in the south east of Chad, managed by African Parks. With aerial surveys carried out often, the big mammal population is very well known and has increased Read More …
Amazing Zakouma
My visit to Zakouma was an incredible experience. The landscapes were beautiful, the amount of wildlife roaming the park was incredible, and the opportunity to see the night fauna was really exciting. If anyone has Read More …
Anti-Poaching in Zakouma
There are 520 elephants roaming Zakouma and the surrounding grounds according to the last estimate. Their numbers have been significantly increasing in the recent years, after security measures have been increased. In the early 2000s Read More …
Night in the wild
Zakouma Park also offers the opportunity to go on night drives, to catch those species that only come out in the dark. I was very excited for this opportunity as I had never seen these Read More …
First morning in Zakouma
“I was woken up by crunching and thumping before sunrise. I got up to try and look out of the window of my room, but I could see nothing but blackness in front of me. Read More …