Hello!! And Goodbye!! A few months ago I was offered the chance to go to South Africa to work on a leopard research project, and already the time has come for me to leave. So, on the first day of 2014, I am setting out to try and turn my dream of living and working in the African bush into a long-term reality. Whether I’m successful or not, it promises to be an amazing six months, and I will try to keep you updated as often as possible with everything I’ll be doing out there.
I’m mainly going to be working in the Thabo Tholo Wilderness Reserve, which is near Lydenburg in Northeast South Africa. I’ll be able to write a bit more about where I’ll be staying and what I’ll be doing once I've been there for a little while, so for now I’ll point you in the direction of the websites/blog of the research team I will be working with.
http://ingweleopard.com/index.html - This is the website for the Ingwe Leopard Research Project, which I will be working for.
http://www.pawct.org/index.html - The research project comes under the auspices of the PAW Conservation Trust.
http://www.researchcam.co.uk/index.html - Gives you a bit more information about the project.
http://predatorresearchnews.blogspot.co.uk/ - The blog from the research team.
If you're interested in this kind of thing please read their blogs and click on the adverts on them because each time you do that they will receive some money from google, which is then put straight towards expanding the research they do; you don’t have to do/buy anything after you have clicked on the advert.
You can also have a look at the Facebook pages from the research team and Black Leopard Safari Camp which are also based on Thabo Tholo.
The last shameless plug I will make is to this website:
There you can find out all the different ways you can donate to the project. If you know of anyone who has a bit of spare cash and/or is interested in contributing to the research from the safety of their homes, please do share this with them.
If you have any questions or are interested in anything specific related to what I’m doing leave comments and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. If you add your email to the mailing list you should get notified whenever I post a new blog.
Keep in touch and I hope you all have a fantastic 2014.
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