In the news this month...
New! Training Centre on Welgevonden
June
2009
This centre,
located at the West Gate, has been developed specifically to address
the needs of the lodge industry and a wide variety of courses will shortly
be on offer. We encourage the membership to make use of this facility. The
course currently on offer are as follows:
1. FGASA level 1 course: starts Monday the 3rd of August
2. Track & sign course: starts Monday the 6th July
3. First Aid course: 5th & 6th of August
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Late summer burns
June 2009
Conventional, or rather dogmatic,
conservation practise dictates that management
burns should be restricted to the end of winter just prior to the onset of
the rainy season. Although natural lightning strikes are responsible for a
lot of natural fires at this time, the exclusion of fire throughout the rest
of the year does not necessarily make good conservation sense.
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Leopard Research
June 2009
Laurens
Swanepoel's 4th progress report is now available for download (link in box
on right). This report makes for fascinating reading as he describes the
various lures he uses in order to keep the leopards in front of the camera
traps long enough to get good quality photos for his reaserch.
Cheetah release
May 2009
In March we reported that two cheetah females were introduced into the boma
at Welgevonden, before they would be released on the reserve. On the 5th of
May they were finally released and are now freely roaming on the reserve.
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