PCT and Safaritalk in a joint fundraising appeal, raised over £500 (US$1000) for the purchase of three anti-snare collars. This money has now been sent to PDC. Click here to read about the grant
In March 2008, a grant was made to Painted Dog Conservation for the purchase of GPS units to be used in anti-poaching and survey work, and several camera traps to monitor painted dog activity. Click here to learn more about the March 2008 grant to Painted Dog Conservation.
In October 2007 the Trustees of the Predator Conservation Trust approved a grant to the Brown Hyena project towards the cost of a darting trip and access to research reports. Click here to learn more about the October 2007 grant to the Brown Hyena Project.
Following Lise Hanssen obtaining a research permit for her Caprivi Carnivore project, the trustees of the Predator Conservation Trust have made a grant to get the project up and running. A grant of around £3000 has been made to cover items including collars and a dart gun. Click here to learn more about the PCT grant to Lise Hanssen.
Lise Hanssen has been granted a research permit for her new field project which aims to tackle human-wildlife conflict in Namibia's Caprivi region. PCT have already provided funding to enable Lise to travel to Caprivi gather the necessary support and data to get the permit. We expect to be making a further and large grant shortly. Click here to read about Lise's new project and her first field trip.
Ingrid Wiesel of the Brown Hyena research project gave a talk to FFI members at Chester Zoo's lecture hall on Friday 7th September. Click here to read more about Ingrid's talk.
The landrover funded by the Predator Conservation Trust has been shipped from the UK to Zimbabwe along with the spare (and freshly refurbished) engine, and is now in active use with the Painted Dog Project's anti-poaching unit. Click here for more details and a photograph.
The Predator Conservation Trust has made a grant to Cheetah Conservation Botswana to help with the costs of fuel, tyres and maintenance for their vehicles.
Click here to read about Cheetah Conservation Botswana and the PCT grant
In August 2006, Predator Conservation Trust funded the purchase of a landrover and a spare engine for the Painted Dog Project in Zimbabwe. The spare engine required a thorough overhaul and some new parts to get it to the state where it is now a fully working spare engine. The work has been carried out in the UK while the Painted Dog Project team arranged for shipping of the landrover, the engine and a large quantity of other equipment from the UK to Zimbabwe. The landrover and spare engine are now en route to Zimbabwe where they will be invaluable in helping the Painted Dog Project's anti-poaching unit carry out their vital work. The Trustees of the Predator Conservation Trust have approved a grant of £300 towards the costs involved in getting the spare engine refurbished.
Click here to read more about PCT's grant to the Painted Dog Conservation Project
You can now help support PCT by using our new store. By clicking on the Store link on the navigation bar to the left of the screen and selecting the store you wish to use (UK or USA) you will be taken to one of our new store sites which list a selection of books and DVDs likely to interest you. As the stores are powered and run by Amazon then you can use them to buy any items that you would normally buy via Amazon, and every time you buy using the PCT store you are helping raise funds for conservation projects.
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The Brown Hyena project currently has radio collars fitted to five Brown Hyena (three of these collars were funded by the Predator Conservation Trust), and three with GPS collars but plans to fit another seven radio collars and two GPS collars this year. Darting trips are organised as follows: A Namibian registered vet is booked to supervise the darting procedure. The darting team travel with three vehicles, two enclosed vehicles for darting and the transport of valuable equipment and one open vehicle for transporting bait and recovery cages. The darting team usually consists of six people, and the darting trips typically last for three nights. Darting success in three nights is low, and the team usually capture one brown hyena per darting trip. To reduce ongoing costs it is planned to strengthen one of the vehicles and fit it with a roof rack so that future darting trips only require two vehicles instead of three.
The Predator Conservation Trust are happy to provide a grant of £1000 for the work required on the vehicle and to cover some of the costs of the planned darting trips.
Click here to learn more about the Brown Hyena Project and PCT's grant.
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In mid July we were approached by Greg Rasmussen of the Painted Dog Project in
Zimbabwe to see if we would be willing to help purchase a vehicle for
the projects anti poaching units. Just 3 weeks from the initial approach a suitable
vehicle had been located, the funds transferred and the vehicle purchased.
The Anti poaching teams patrol on a daily basis searching for snares left by
poachers which they then remove. It is estimated that 10% of snares will if not
removed eventually kill an animal, so the fact that the anti poaching teams have
removed over 10,000 snares in the last 4 years shows the incredible impact they
are making.
The total cost of the vehicle (including a spare engine which will be invaluable
in keeping the vehicle running in the harsh conditions in which it will be
operating) was £4100 (approx US $7800).
Click here to read more about PCT's grant to the Painted Dog Conservation Project
PCT funds purchase of a dart gun for the Painted Dog Project in Zimbabwe - 17th December 2005
Predator Conservation Trust makes grant to the Brown Hyena Research Project for video equipment - 4th December 2005
The new Kunene Lion Project base camp is completed - 3rd July 2005
PCT in the UK funds new Kunene base camp for the desert lion project - 6th January 2005
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