The hunting habits of lions

Transfrontier Africa focuses its research on both advising management decisions as well as measuring or demonstrating the effectiveness of those decisions and actions within our section of the Greater Kruger National Park.

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Sunday, 12 October 2008

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adam

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10/16/2008 9:26:56 PM

Boreholes, Big cats, Bull Elephants and British Classics!

It’s been a busy last six months at paradise camp. The project continues to flourish and the data being collected is becoming ever more valuable. The mammal population dynamics study continues along with a few recent additions to the volunteer program.

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Sunday, 26 October 2008

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paradys

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10/26/2008 9:26:16 PM

Happy New Year from Paradise Camp

At the start of 2009 the Paradise Camp Research team are very pleased. During the month of November Craig and Craig and various volunteers successfully logged 16 different elephant groups, ranging from Nomadic Bulls to the first breeding herds of the season. We continue to plot these on our GIS and the team are beginning to get a clearer picture of the current movements of the nomadic population. 

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Saturday, 10 January 2009

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paradys

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1/17/2009 6:23:25 PM

Elephant Collaring Expedition

I awoke at 04:00am and tried to blink away the disturbing dream I was having about Elton John, a dolphin and a supermarket trolley. Damn those malaria meds. But that was soon forgotten and replaced with a feeling of anticipation and excitement as it was the 24 of January. And we were about to get up close and personal with some Pachyderms. 

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Saturday, 31 January 2009

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paradys

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3/15/2009 10:29:11 AM

Who needs TV...?

How can I write under these conditions? Its 21:25. I am alone in camp and have retreated to the top of the tower. I am surrounded by elephants There is a monstrous bull elephant as big as a mammoth in the camp. I can just make out his outline and hear him breathing. He must be the monster we located on our game count this morning. His exhalation reminds me of a strong wind howling through the tree

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Sunday, 15 March 2009

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paradys

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3/15/2009 10:31:28 AM

Life in Paradise - through the eyes of a volunteer.

Located in the Balule Nature Reserve, the aptly named. Paradise Camp (well it’s definitly my idea of Paradise) is a slightly rustic, but comfy, camp, it even has flushing toilets and showers, open air of course; no doors or walls but a stick screne to provide a degree of modesty from human eyes, the wildlife on the other hand are free to stop and stare, or you’ll be joined by a millipeed or two or

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Sunday, 15 March 2009

POSTED BY: 

adam

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3/15/2009 11:10:31 AM

Mongooses or Mongeese?

Just as the elephants have left and peace has momentarily descended on our little paradise camp, the tranquility is shattered by the incessant chirping of 3 banded mongooses (or is it geese? I don’t think anyone knows). We have acquired them from an adjacent reserve who couldn’t keep them because they were destroying the furniture…luckily for us we have no furniture. They bring death and destructi

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Saturday, 09 May 2009

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adam

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5/9/2009 10:58:33 AM

Black Rhino and Wild Dogs

Greetings from a strangely cold and blustery Paradise camp. 

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Sunday, 14 June 2009

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paradys

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6/14/2009 8:14:27 PM

A momentous occasion...

Greetings to all volunteers past and future: This is the first blog that I have written and by no means the last. I just feel compelled to commit some of my thoughts to paper after a bumper few months at Paradise Camp! We have seen many volunteers move through the camp this year and the quality of both the volunteers as well as our data that we have managed to capture in this time has been extreme

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Sunday, 02 August 2009

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adam

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8/2/2009 2:23:15 PM

The Cacti Bites the Dust....

Another month has passed in our beautiful Balule and things are exciting as ever. The lions seem to have quite an appetite with the peaceful night sounds shattered by the apocalyptic roars and growls of lions feeding and squabbling with each other. Just yesterday we settled down

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Sunday, 02 August 2009

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paradys

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8/2/2009 2:30:29 PM

Winds of Change

The Olifants West Sector of Balule and more specifically, our little Paradise Camp, has been experiencing many exciting new developments! 

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Wednesday, 06 January 2010

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paradys

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1/6/2010 4:03:24 PM

Blog from the Bush

Finally I have found the time and inspiration to compose another blog! So much has happened since I last wrote but John has kept you all informed with his far superior writing skills. As 2009 draws to a close, I find it appropriate to communicate with my fans! It has been a fantastic and productive year with some important milestones reached. We have compiled several publications on our research a

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Wednesday, 06 January 2010

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paradys

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1/6/2010 4:48:25 PM

Goodbye to 2009...

As I watch the pipe smoke drift lazily uptowards the crystal blue sky it is with much happiness that I think back on the year that was 2009. Much has been achieved and 2010 holds much promise. Our work here is progressively bearing more weight and is being recognised by roleplayers in the area… it is only a matter of time before we become chief ecologists of the world and can afford to hire scanti

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Sunday, 10 January 2010

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adam

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1/10/2010 2:39:37 PM