WildCRU’s long term research project on big cats in Zimbabwe
Conserving big cats involves understanding the dynamics of the ecosystems that support them. Predators not only eat prey, they frighten them – thus influencing both their numbers and their behaviour....
View Article‘From avengers to hunters: Leveraging collective action for the conservation...
WildCRU and colleagues from UC Davis suggest that it may be possible to reduce illegal killing of lions by working within the local community to remove the economic incentive for killing non-problem...
View ArticleWildCRU completes first Scottish wildcat camera trapping study
In 2010, in collaboration with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), WildCRU completed the first camera trapping study of the Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris). The study determined that camera...
View ArticleNew Global Alliance Commits $80 Million for wild cat conservation
WildCRU’s partners in wild cat conservation, Panthera, have announced their $200 million funding initiative for wild cats, with commitment of $80 million already in place from philanthropists from...
View ArticleClaudio Sillero interviewed on Science in Action, BBC World Service
WildCRU’s Claudio Sillero was interviewed about whether the armadillo – the mascot for the upcoming World Cup football tournament in Brazil – is endangered. Radio: Science in Action, BBC World Service...
View ArticleEndangered Species Research – Reintroducing captive-born mink
As part of WildCRU’s long-term collaboration with Dr Tiit Maran of the Estonian University of Life Science and Tallinn Zoological Gardens, Lauren Harrington and colleagues explore the post-release...
View ArticleThe State of Britain’s Mammals – A focus on disease
In collaboration with WildCRU, People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) published the latest in its series of research and conservation reports, The State of Britain’s Mammals on the 2nd June 2014....
View ArticleJune 2014 update from the Ruaha Carnivore Project
WildCRU’s Dr Amy Dickman has produced the 2014 updated from the Ruaha Carnivore Project. The Tanzania-based project focuses on the ecology and conservation of large carnivores, including lions,...
View ArticleNew paper out in Endangered Species Research
As part of WildCRU’s long-term collaboration with Dr Tiit Maran of the Estonian University of Life Science and Tallinn Zoological Gardens, Lauren Harrington and colleagues explore the post-release...
View ArticleAfrica Geographic focuses on Ruaha
The Ruaha Carnivore Conservation Project, led by WildCRU’s Dr Amy Dickman, is the focus for the most recent issue of the weekly Africa Geographic magazine. Dubbed ‘A friend of the enemy’ the article...
View ArticleNew human-carnivore conflict paper
A recent paper by WildCRU’s Amy Dickman and colleagues has revealed the complexity of human-carnivore conflict in Tanzania’s Ruaha landscape. Dickman et al. show that such conflict is widespread in...
View ArticleRuaha Guardians compete in the Lion Guardian Games
The 5th annual Lion Guardian Games was held in Kenya’s Selenkay Conservancy, on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. The day is organised by the main Lion Guardians organisation in Kenya, and the Ruaha...
View ArticleSummer 2014 update from the Director
WildCRU’s Director, Prof David Macdonald, is back in Oxford after a very wet, but productive August, pictured in tropical rainforest with WildCRU’s Masters student, Iding Haidir, Kerinci, Sumatra, and...
View ArticleTusk Conservation Awards – Dr Amy Dickman nominated
The shortlist for the 2014 Tusk Conservation Awards has been announced, and we are thrilled that two of the three finalists have WildCRU links. Dr Amy Dickman, one of our Senior Research Fellows, has...
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Are we solving the right problem? Working for human-bear conflict resolution...
WildCRU’s Dr O Emre Can and Professor David Macdonald organized a half-day workshop titled “Are we solving the right problem? Working for human-bear conflict resolution in developing countries” at the...
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Former WildCRU member among winners of the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014
Peyongchang, 15 October 2014 – The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014 was awarded at a ceremony held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, at the ministerial luncheon hosted by the Government of South Korea...
View ArticleClaudio Sillero interviewed on Science in Action, BBC World Service
WildCRU’s Claudio Sillero was interviewed about whether the armadillo – the mascot for the upcoming World Cup football tournament in Brazil – is endangered. Radio: Science in Action, BBC World Service...
View ArticleEndangered Species Research – Reintroducing captive-born mink
As part of WildCRU’s long-term collaboration with Dr Tiit Maran of the Estonian University of Life Science and Tallinn Zoological Gardens, Lauren Harrington and colleagues explore the post-release...
View ArticleAre we solving the right problem? Working for human-bear conflict resolution...
WildCRU’s Dr O Emre Can and Professor David Macdonald organized a half-day workshop titled “Are we solving the right problem? Working for human-bear conflict resolution in developing countries” at the...
View ArticleNew WildCRU article on illegal Pangolin trade
WildCRU’s recent work on illegal Pangolin product trade is featured in this week’s ‘The Conversation’. The full article is available online: Pangolin: illegal medicine trade threatens these scaly...
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