Brown hyenas get new radio collars
- Worth Wild Africa
- 9 hours ago
- 1 min read
US$2000 raised for radio monitoring at Brown Hyena Project
Practical support for African wildlife
Thanks to Zoo World Florida, the Brown Hyena project has been equipped with radio GPS collars to monitor their pack. "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 appreciates the partnership with Zoo World.
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