Cat Conservation Research

Using black-footed cat scat for monitoring
A method for noninvasive individual genotyping of black-footed cat (Felis nigripes)
Friday, 5th April 2024
Caracal denning behaviour in the Cape Peninsula
Denning and maternal behavior of caracals (Caracal caracal)
Tuesday, 20th February 2024
Jackals do play a role in seed dispersal
The black-backed jackal as a seed disperser
Thursday, 1st February 2024
Update on the BFCWG for December 2023
Update from the field: Black-footed Cat Working Group, South Africa
Friday, 1st December 2023
Problems facing black-backed jackals without larger scavengers around
Ecological gatekeeping: Black-backed jackals are left to crave carrion in absence of large facultative scavengers
Saturday, 9th September 2023
interspecific behaviour among predators
Temporal partitioning and the potential for avoidance behaviour within South African carnivore communities
Tuesday, 15th August 2023
WILD GAME
Wild Game photos and information :
Saturday, 27th May 2023
HOOF ACTION
Hooves of ungulates ( wild antelope ) break up the top soil when they walk around, which opens up the soil for seeds lying ontop and for rain or dew water to penetrate the soil, and then the seeds can germinate. This is a very important part of...
Wednesday, 24th May 2023
DONATION FOR COUNTER and SINK
The cats dishes and knives washing counter needs replacing and another sink is needed. Please send donations for this - email info@karoocars.org
Sunday, 21st May 2023
Caracal and jackal research based on modelling
Ecology, opportunity or threat? Drivers of the caracal (Caracal caracal) population decline in South Africa
Friday, 10th March 2023
Shepherding and predator losses
Shepherding is not a shot in the dark: evidence of low predation losses from the Northern Cape province of South Africa
Friday, 3rd February 2023
Continued monitoring of mesocarnivores using camera traps
Assessing local patterns in carnivore occupancy and richness by camera trapping: a monitoring of diversity at Verloren Vallei NatureReserve, Dullstroom, Mpumalanga 2022
Tuesday, 1st November 2022
The study of caracal ecology in Malawi
Habitat structure and the presence of large carnivores shapes the site use of an understudied small carnivore: caracal ecology in a miombo woodland.
Tuesday, 18th October 2022
Research into the mortality of black footed cats in South Africa
Causes of mortality in a population of black-footed cats in central South Africa
Monday, 6th June 2022
Trapping black-backed jackals
Trapping Success of Black-backed Jackals (Canis mesomelas) in South Africa Relative to Land Use Type
Wednesday, 1st June 2022
Black-backed jackal ecological research
The spatial ecology of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) in a protected mountainous grassland area
Saturday, 7th May 2022
Territorial male black-backed jackal on small stock farm
Ranging behaviour of a territorial male Black-Backed Jackal in a small stock farming area in the Southern Free State
Monday, 18th April 2022
Black backed jackal diet through scat analysis
Black-backed jackal diet in the Maria Moroka Nature Reserve,Free State Province: Implications for managing depredationon small stock farms
Friday, 31st December 2021
Camera trap technology in black backed jackal research
Trialling a simple camera-trap based method to estimateBlack-backed jackal population density
Friday, 31st December 2021
Caracals on the edge of urban development
Hiding in plain sight: risk mitigation by a cryptic carnivore foraging at the urban edge.
Tuesday, 17th August 2021
Investigation coexistence between livestock grazing and carnivores in rangelands
Pathways towards coexistence with large carnivores in production systems
Wednesday, 16th June 2021
Black backed jackals and their pathogens in a semi arid area
Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) from semi-arid rangelands in South Africa harbour Hepatozoon canis and a Theileria species but apparently not Babesia rossi
Thursday, 1st April 2021
Farmers views on the appreciation of black backed jackal and caracal
Beauty or beast? Farmers’ dualistic views and the influence of aesthetic appreciation on tolerance towards black-backed jackal and caracal.
Friday, 19th March 2021
Caracal caracal (Carnivora: Felidae)
Caracal caracal (Carnivora: Felidae)
Wednesday, 2nd December 2020
A global view on evidence‐based effectiveness of interventions used to protect livestock from wild cats
A global view on evidence‐based effectiveness of interventions used to protect livestock from wild cats.
Wednesday, 4th November 2020
Biology and ecology of the black backed jackal and caracal
Abstract:
Saturday, 5th September 2020
Seed dispersal potential of jackals and foxes in semi-arid habitats of South Africa.
Seed dispersal potential of jackals and foxes in semi-arid habitats of South Africa.
Wednesday, 2nd September 2020
Caracal and serval research in Tanzania
Spatial and temporal overlap of caracal and serval in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Tuesday, 21st July 2020
Effects of humans and large carnivores on the survival of blackbacked jackals
Effects of humans and large carnivores on the survival of blackbacked jackals
Friday, 1st May 2020
Camouflage in predators
Pembury Smith, M.Q.R., Ruxton, G.D.
Friday, 1st May 2020
Tick borne parasites affecting caracals
Molecular detection of tick‑borne pathogens in caracals (Caracal caracal) living in human‑modified landscapes of South Africa
Thursday, 30th April 2020
Black backed jackal research around the SKA
Ongediertes: A critical qualitative study of farmer–black-backed jackal conflict and its management around the Square Kilometre Array core site in the Northern Cape, South Africa
Tuesday, 31st March 2020
Carnivore camera trapping to estimate species richness and density Dullstroom
Assessing local patterns in carnivore occupancy and richness by camera trapping: a monitoring of diversity at Verloren Vallei Nature Reserve, Dullstroom, Mpumalanga 2019.
Tuesday, 31st December 2019
Black-footed Cat Working Group update 2019
Report on surveying and monitoring Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) on Benfontein Nature Reserve and in Namibia in 2019.
Tuesday, 31st December 2019
Black backed jackals - learning from science and history
Learning from science and history about black‐backed jackals Canis mesomelas and their conflict with sheep farmers in South Africa.Nattrass, N., Drouilly, M., & O'riain, M. J. Mammal Review. (2020) Vol 50 (1), 101-111The black‐backed jackal...
Monday, 9th December 2019
Do swing gates help controling black backed jackals?
Cunningham, P.L.Environment and Wildlife Consulting Namibia AbstractBlack-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) are responsible for much loss of small livestock throughout Namibia, but especially so in the predominantly sheep farming regions of southern...
Monday, 30th September 2019
Effects of culling mesopredators on livestock loses
Culling recolonizing mesopredators increases livestock losses:Evidence from the South African KarooNattrass, N., Conradie, B., Stephens, J, Drouilly, M.
Friday, 6th September 2019
Survey of farmers regarding predation on livestock farms
A survey of farmers’ experience using guard animals to control the impact of predators on farm livestock
Monday, 1st July 2019
Study of wildlife on extensive small livestock farms in the Karoo
Wildlife winners and losers of extensive small-livestock farming: a case study in the South African KarooDrouilly, M. O’Riain, J.
Monday, 11th March 2019
Survey on Black footed cats in Nambia by the Black Footed Cat Working Group (BFCWG)
Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes) Survey Namibia- Report on surveying for Black-footed cats in southern Namibia, January 2019.
Thursday, 31st January 2019
Biology and ecology of the black backed jackal and caracal
BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF THE BLACK-BACKED JACKAL AND THE CARACAL
Sunday, 30th December 2018
Biology, ecology and interaction of other predators with livestock
BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND INTERACTION OF OTHER PREDATORS WITH LIVESTOCK
Saturday, 1st December 2018
Studying the conflict between predators and small livestock farmers in the Central Karoo
Spatial, temporal and attitudinal dimensions of conflict between predators and small-livestock farmers in the Central Karoo
Friday, 30th November 2018
In book: Livestock Predation and its Management in South Africa
The socio-economic impacts of livestock predation and its prevention in South Africa.
Friday, 30th November 2018
In book: Livestock predation and its management in South Africa: a scientific assessment
The role of mesopredators in ecosystems: Potential effects of managing their populations on ecosystem processes and biodiversity
Friday, 30th November 2018
Responses of black-backed jackal to reduction efforts
Compensatory life-history responses of black-backed jackals undermine population reduction efforts.
Wednesday, 31st October 2018
Using camera traps with black footed cats
Camera trap use in the study of black‐footed cats (Felis nigripes)Sliwa, A., Wilson, B., Lawrenz, A., Lamberski, N., Herrick, J., Küsters, MAfrican journal of ecology, 56(4), 895-897.ABSTRACT
Saturday, 29th September 2018
Spatial variation in anthropogenic mortality induces a source–sink system in a hunted mesopredator
Assessing lethal mesopredator control methods on jackal populations
Monday, 15th January 2018
Dietary niche relationships among predators on farmland and a protected area
Research of the diets of caracal, jackal and leopard on a protected area and on farmlands in the western karoo
Wednesday, 20th December 2017
Land use effects on gut microbiota of Black backed jackal
Effect of host traits and land-use changes on the gut microbiota of the Namibian black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)
Saturday, 30th September 2017
DNA database to combat poaching?
‘ForCyt’ DNA database of wildlife species
Saturday, 30th September 2017
We investigated foraging decisions and perceived risk in the bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)
Hunter or hunted? Perceptions of risk and reward in a small mesopredator
Saturday, 26th August 2017
We investigated the ecology of cape foxes (Vulpes chama) and bat-eared foxes (Otocyon megalotis) in the absence of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas)
Lethal and sublethal effects of black-backed jackals on cape foxes and bat-eared foxes
Sunday, 16th April 2017
Identification of the putative urinary intraspecific recognition of pheromone of the caracal Caracal caracal
Goitom, A.H.
Friday, 31st March 2017
Understanding the black-backed jackal
Nattrass, N., Conradie, B., Drouilly, M., O'Riain, M.J.
Friday, 31st March 2017
Livestock predation in South Africa: The need for and value of a scientific assessment
Livestock predation in South Africa: The need for and value of a scientific assessment
Friday, 31st March 2017
Early-onset progressive retinal atrophy associated with an IQCB1 variant in African black-footed cats (Felis nigripes)
Oh, A. Pearce, J.W., Gandolfi1, B., Creighton, E.K., Suedmeyer, W.K., Selig, M., Bosiack, A.P., Castaner, L.J., Whiting, R.E.H., Belknap, E.B., Lyons, L.A., 99 Lives Consortium
Tuesday, 21st March 2017
Space use in a South African agriculture landscape by the caracal (Caracal caracal)
Ramesh, T., Kalle, R., Downs, C.T.
Monday, 12th December 2016
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: Felis nigripes
Sliwa, A., Wilson, B., Küsters, N., Tordiffe, A.
Thursday, 1st December 2016
Feline panleukopaenia virus in captive non-domestic felids in South Africa
Lane, E.P., Brettschneider, H., Caldwell, P., Oosthuizen, A., Dalton, D.L., Du Plessis, L., Steyl, J., Kotze, A.
Thursday, 9th June 2016
Effects of lethal management on black-backed jackal population structure and source-sink dynamics
Research of jackal population dynamics and their response to lethal management.
Saturday, 30th April 2016
Habitat use and home range of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) on farmlands in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Humphries, B.D., Rames, T., Hill, T.R., Downs, C.T.
Friday, 1st January 2016
The black-footed cat Felis nigripes (Burchell, 1824): A review of the geographical distribution and conservation status
Wilson, B.
Tuesday, 1st December 2015
The diet of Caracal (Caracal caracal) in the southern Free State
Pohl, C.F.
Tuesday, 1st December 2015
Landowners’ perspectives of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) on farmlands in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Humphries, B.D., Hill, T.R., Downs, C.T.
Tuesday, 1st December 2015
Short-term foraging responses of a generalist predator to management-driven resource pulses.
Fourie, R.M., Tambling, C.J., Gaylard, A., Kerley, G.I.H.
Tuesday, 1st December 2015
Quality and quantity of the scientific information available on black-backed jackals and caracals : contributing to human-predator conflict management?
Du Plessis J.J., Avenant N.L., De Waal H.O.
Tuesday, 1st September 2015
Ecological relationships of black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) and sympatric canids in South Africa
Kamlera J. F., Stenkewitza U., Sliwa A, Wilson B., Lamberski N., Herrick J.R., Macdonald D.W.
Sunday, 1st March 2015
Dead or alive? Comparing costs and benefits of lethal and non-lethal human-wildlife conflict mitigation on livestock farms
McManus J.S., Dickman A.J., Gaynor D. , Smuts B.H., Macdonald D.W.
Sunday, 1st March 2015
Neues aus der Schwarzfußkatzenforschung – die Jahre 2006 – 2015
Sliwa, A.
Sunday, 1st February 2015
Diet of serval ( Leptailurus serval ) on farmlands in the Drakensberg Midlands, South Africa
Diet of serval ( Leptailurus serval ) on farmlands in the Drakensberg Midlands, South Africa.
Friday, 31st January 2014
Impact of farmland use on serval in South Africa
Impact of farmland use on population density and activity patterns of serval in South Africa
Monday, 16th December 2013
Do black-backed jackals affect numbers of smaller carnivores and prey?
Bagniewska J.M., Kamler J.F.,
Sunday, 1st December 2013
Jackal Narratives and Predator Control in the Karoo, South Africa.
Nattrass N., Conradie B.
Saturday, 1st June 2013
The Effect of Predator Culling on Livestock Losses: Ceres, South Africa, 1979 – 1987
Conradie B., Piesse J.
Thursday, 31st January 2013
An assessment of caracal population density and human-predator conflict in the Winterberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Smith, E. R. (2012).
Saturday, 1st December 2012
Resource partitioning among cape foxes, bat-eared foxes, and black-backed jackals in South Africa
Kamler, J.F., Stenkewitz U., Klare U., Jacobsen N.F., Macdonald D.W. (2012)
Wednesday, 1st August 2012
Seasonal diet and prey selection of black-backed jackals on a small-livestock farm in South Africa
Kamler J. F., Klare U., Macdonald D. W.
Thursday, 1st March 2012
The diet and ecological role of black-backed jackals, Canis mesomelas, in two conservation areas in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Brassine, M.C.
Thursday, 31st March 2011
Diet, Prey Selection, and Predation Impact of Black-Backed Jackals in South Africa
Klare U., Kamler J. F., Stenkewitz U., Macdonald, D. W.
Wednesday, 1st December 2010
Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) and African wildcats (Felis silvestris): a comparison of two small felids from South African arid lands
Wednesday, 1st December 2010
The feeding habits of the Southern African wildcat, a facultative trophic specialist, in the southern Kalahari (Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa/Botswana).
Herbst, M, Mills M.G.L. Journal of Zoology Volume 280 Issue 4, 2010
Monday, 24th May 2010
Techniques used in the study of African wildcat , Felis silvestris cafra, in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (South Africa/Botswana)
Herbst, N., Mills, M.G.L.
Monday, 24th May 2010
Black footed cat conservation and infectious diseases of sympatric carnivores
Conservation of black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) and prevalence of infectious diseases in sympatric carnivores in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
Tuesday, 1st December 2009
Black-footed cats: trying to tackle Amlyloidosis
Amyloidosis in Black-footed Cats (Felis nigripes)Terio, K. A., O'Brien, T., Lamberski, ., Famula, T.R., Munson, L. Veterinary Pathology, 45(3), 393–400 (2008).ABSTRACT
Thursday, 1st May 2008
Prey composition of the black-footed cat
Seasonal and sex-specific prey composition of black-footed cats Felis nigripes
Friday, 30th June 2006
Black-footed cat: Home range and social organisation research
Home range size and social organisation of black-footed cats (Felis nigripes)Sliwa, A. Mammalian Biology volume 69, 96–107 (2004)
Monday, 1st March 2004
Scent marking by free-ranging black footed cat female
The role of scent marking in a free-ranging, female black-footed cat (Felis nigripes)
Friday, 1st May 1998

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