The April edition portrays a positive international perspective on Pred SA (Scientific Assessment) and a link provides interesting reading on why Jackals thrive where humans dominate. Read here.
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The March newsletter focuses on Niel Viljoen's 2018 annual report, which echoes the scientific assessment that there is no single "silver bullet" for predation management. Read here.
The February newsletter reports on the Predation Management Workshop and the decision to appoint a manager for predation. Read here for full newsletter.
January newsletter provides a glimpse of the scheduled Predation workshop to be held on 21 February 2019. Click here to read newsletter.
The December edition portrays a Christmas greeting, refers you to a link on the PMF website to view and consider best practices and management plans to address losses as well as a reply to Mpumalanga farmer seeking assistance with a massive problem with jackal attacking calves and even killing a calving cow. Read here.
The November newsletter announces the launch of the Scientific Assessment for Livestock Predation, a historic first for predation management in South Africa ; NWGA Free State Executive member Anton Marx shares why electric fencing has proven successful under his unique farming conditions and circumstances and the Predation Management Information Centre (PMiC) encourages farmers to record predation losses on a newly developed cellphone APP.
The October newsletter shares the successful practice of alpacas as effective herd animals to protect farmer Pieter Albertyn of Struisbaai against predators ; Scientific Assessment of Livestock predation and it's management in South Africa to be released soon ; read article by Prof. HO De Waal on the Demography and morphometry of black-backed jackals in SA and Namibia.
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The September newsletter speaks on the urgency of purchasing jackal proof fencing at reduced rates ; Farmer Erik Alexander of Trompsburg tells why he uses jackal proof fencing to keep predators at bay ; 2018 Northern Cape Farmer of the Year mentions that the electrification of camps provides for an increase in lam percentage and we show you what the toolbox consist of when managing predators.
The August newsletter portrays the views of Dorothee Trollip in the Maclear district of no predation losses thanks to anatolian sheep dogs ; what services one can find at the Predation Management Information Centre (PMiC) and reasons why predation losses decrease at demonstration farms.
The July newsletter comprise of articles relating to the Eastern Cape PMF who are concerned with leopards and stray dogs ; presentation by Dr. Nkabeng Maruping-Mzileni of the International Wildlife Fellowship Foundation (IWFF) on a leopard project that could assist authorities in decision making and Mr. Swithan Webster who farms in Queenstown shares his success story in curbing predation with netted fences. Read here.
June newsletter comprise articles that Scientific Assessment of predation has been completed, the fact that predation is a serious issue for woolgrowers and a request for farmers to share successful predation management practices with the Secretariat. Read here.
