Kasanka’s Kinda baboons are in the news..! An eight year study into the lives of Kinda baboons (Papio kindae) at Kasanka National Park reveals insight into the rapid development of infants when mothers are dominant and have strong social bonds. A scientific paper, recently published in the journal Animal Behaviour, reveals how higher rank and […]
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Kasanka National Park is in crisis, and the Trust has run out of other options to protect this precious corner of the Earth.
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The Sitatunga, a strange yet unique antelope! There are over 70 species of antelope in Africa, but for those who have never seen a sitatunga, you are in for a wonderful discovery, as none is more unique and unusual than this antelope. The sitatunga is an amphibious antelope (meaning it can dwell on both land
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Human/Elephant Conflict Mitigation In February, Kasanka community outreach manager James Mwanza traveled with 20 Kafinda GMA farmers to undergo a 5-day human elephant conflict mitigation training. Held in Mpika, the workshop was a joined effort with Frankfurt Zoological Society where farmers learned different strategies for deterring elephants from cash crop fields, in particular learning how
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Mammal Monitoring The annual mammal monitoring programme was conducted in September, October and November of 2019 with help from various volunteers (Sophie Bagot Jewitt and Michael du Plessis). This is a mammal count over three days per month by trained law enforcement scouts whilst driving standard routes. The data collected from this monitoring can be