WWA supports BioBoundaries project

$5000 donation for generator to power Wild Entrust's research into chemical signals to protect predators, livestock, lives and livelihood

For over 35 years Wild Entrust has helped create coexistence between people and wildlife. Their holistic approach combines research, education, and sustainable community development with every solution focussed initiative grounded in science. They have published over 120 scientific research papers that shape their programs and help governments, scientists and researchers across the world make better decisions to conserve large carnivores and their habitats.

A major challenge to coexistence is predation on livestock. To combat this, Wild Entrust's unique BioBoundary Project has developed livestock collars which release airborne predator deterrants that project livestock from predation immediately and completely. No other non-lethal intervention is as effective.

The deterrents are low-tech, low cost, quick and easy to use, ecologically benign and economically sustainable, with zero capital costs to end-users. They are the only non-lethal anti-predation measure that is cheaper and easier to apply than lethal methods, and likely to be spontaneously adopted in the subsistence livestock sector.

Deterrent chemical signals can be applied worldwide and already have positive results in Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Nepal.

The deterrent compounds were identified in predator scent marks in the BioBoundary laboratory in Maun, Botswana, the only analytical laboratory in the world dedicated to mammal chemical signaling.

When Worth Wild Africa learnt that the laboratory needed to replace its backup generator in order to continue identifying deterrent compounds, we reached out to our partners and funders. Thanks to their very generous support, $5000 was raised to purchase this essential equipment in early 2026.

Learn more about the BioBoundary project from the Wilden Trust website.