Niel Viljoen artikel gepubliseer in ProAgri: "Fnuik jakkals se kind só - se kenner"

I hate you, but you’re beautiful: The complex connection between jackals and Karoo farmers Article published by Daily Maverick - click here to read

If all the conflict in the world could be wiped away, what a wonderful world this would be - conflict revolution to peaceful coexistence. To get an understanding of HWC (Human Wildlife Conflict) between farmers and predators, you have to learn from the masters themselves. Currently I am capturing and fitting GPS collars to Jackal and Caracal, enjoying the privilege to work with these amazing and highly intelligent predators. And in this process helping humans (farmers) to understand the chal...

What an absolute honour and privilege it was to host Dr. Benjamin Allen en his family for a week on my farm in the Karoo. Dr Allen (Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow/Wildlife Research Australia) is working in Australia on Wildlife and especially on predators and predation management strategies. He is widely recognized for his expertise on dingos. The Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) in Australia, like the Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) in South Africa is accountable for most of the li...

The Golden Jackal During some of my research I read a very interesting article in a magazine explaining the origin of the Golden Jackal. Although not found in South Africa the relevance is fascinating and worthwhile sharing. The extracts and photos below is shared in the public domain and information was collected from the internet. It turns out that Africa’s Golden Jackal – also found in the Middle East, Asia and Europe – is actually a wolf in jackal’s clothing. After exhaustive DNA analyse...