Brown Hyenas get new GPS collar

US$3000 donated by ZooWorld Florida for monitoring Brown Hyenas in Lüderitz, Namibia

Practical support for Brown Hyena Project in Namibia

Thanks to ZooWorld Florida, the Brown Hyena Project has been equipped with a GPS telemetry collar to monitor their clan. "We are excited to learn more about this unique species," says Kayte Hogan, Zoo World CEO, "and I am excited at the opportunity to contribute to this important research."

The Brown Hyena Research Project is a non-profit organisation based in Lüderitz in the southern Namib Desert in Namibia. Their research on brown hyenas (Hyaena brunnea or Parahyaena brunnea) and the conservation of the ecologically unique brown hyena population along the coastal Namib Desert commenced in 1995 and developed since into a long-term conservation project. The hyena are known locally as "strandwolf" or beach wolves.

The coastal Namib Desert brown hyenas are ecologically unique, as they scavenge and prey almost exclusively on Cape fur seal pups, which are born at mainland seal colonies, and which are a localised, all-year-round food source. No other large predators occur in the coastal study areas and therefore brown hyenas are the apex predators.

Worth Wild Africa is excited to bring this practical support to the Brown Hyena Project and hugely appreciates our partnership with ZooWorld and their wonderful generosity in supporting this project across two appeals.

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All images credit of The Brown Hyena Project