Game counts

Wildlife Trends

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Gemsbok

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Elephant

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Ostrich

Springbok Zebra Klipspringer Steenbok

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Kudu

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Giraffe

Jackal

Wildlife Populations Data from the annual game count. The Y-axis represents the number of animals seen per 100km driven.

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Springbok

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Zebra

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Klipspringer

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Steenbok

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Jackal

SpeciesAnimals

seen

Likely

Estimate

Jackal 2

Springbok 618 2360

Steenbok 2

Locally rare species

Locally rare species

are those which are currently infrequently observed in the conservancy

Mortalities

Predator sightings

Photo: A. Jarvis

Photo: V. Guillemin

SpeciesAnimals

seen

Black rhinoceros 1

Blue wildebeest 12

Elephant 29

Lion 7

SpeciesAnimals

dead

Blue wildebeest 1

Jackal 1

Springbok 35

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Cheetah

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Lion

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Hyaena

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Leopard

Mortalities

recorded during patrols

The index (Y-axis) is calculated as the number of sightings

per event book

Photo: A. Jarvis Photo: S. Linder Photo: S. LinderPhoto: A. JarvisPhoto: V. Guillemin

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King NehaleKing NehaleKing NehaleKing Nehale

Wildlife Use Wildlife Introductions

King Nehale-2011 King Nehale-2011 King Nehale-2011 King Nehale-2011

Year Species Number

Total TrophyOwn Use /

PremiumTrophy Shoot & Sell Capture

Problem

Animal

El ephant 2 2

Hyaena 6 6

Jacka l 15 5

Li on 2 2

Os tri ch 10 2

Springbok 350 20 29 157 186

Steenbok 5 2

Total UsedSpecies

UtilisationQuota

Natural Resource Management

Human-Wildlife Conflict

Threats

Performance: Poaching

Incidents

IncidentsSpecies 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Caracal 1

Elephant 2 19 14

Hyaena 4 83 32 71 83 68 25

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Score

Weak Good

1 Adequate staffing 1 1 0.75997

PerformanceCategory

Photo: T. Robertson

Red bars indicate weak areas in the conservancy

management performance which need to be addressed. Green bars indicate positive management performance.

Effort:

Species

Hyaena 4 83 32 71 83 68

Jackal 32 15 25 68 11

Leopard 1

Lion 1 21 4

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Commercial Subsistence

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Snares and traps recovered

Firearms recovered

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1 Adequate staffing 1 1 0.759972 Adequate expenditure 3 1.709933 Audit attendance 4 1.139954 NR management plan 3 2.279915 Zonation 3 1.519946 Leadership 2 1.519947 Display of material 2 2.279918 Event Book modules 4 1.709939 Event Book quality 2 2 1.13995

10 Compliance 3 2.2799111 Game census 3 1.7099312 Reporting & adaptive m/ment 1 1.13995

13 Law enforcement 2 2 0.5699814 HWC 3 1.5199415 Sources of NR income 2 0.9119616 Benefits produced 2 2 0.7599717 Resource Sustainability 2 2 0.75997

Effort:

The species chart indicates the

most troublesome to leasttroublesome conflict species in the conservancy. The Y-axis in HWC and poaching charts represents number of incidents.

Rainfall (mm)

Environmental monitoringDamage

Years with no bars or unusual values indicate gaps or

problems in data collection

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Other damage

Livestock attack

Human attack

Crop damage

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Arrests Convictions

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Number of Community Game Guards: 3