The Vulture Restaurant at HESC
Following on International Vulture Awareness Day last week, read more about how we contribute to the conservation of the species. Visitors have a treat in store when they visit the…
Honours student, Bruce Crossey, conducts research on wild dogs at HESC
We recently hosted Bruce Crossey, an Honours student from the University of Pretoria, who was here to do some research on the stress levels of wild dogs in captivity and…
The survival and genetic diversity of the cheetah
The Cheetah is classified as vulnerable in the IUCN red list . This is due to different factors, but most importantly the poor genetic diversity in the species. Many researchers…
HESC participates in the Kruger-to-Canyons (K2C) Hooded Vulture Project
The Hooded Vulture is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN red list. There has been evidence suggesting that the population is declining due to factors such as indiscriminate poisoning,…
Wildlife Pharmaceuticals conducts more research, this time on the leopard
In February 2016, Dr Cobus Raath and his team from Wildlife Pharmaceuticals visited HESC to conduct research aimed at better understanding the anaesthesia of cheetahs by using a combination drug…
Part of HESC’s core focus of cheetah conservation includes research
Recently Dr. Cobus Raath and his team from Wildlife Pharmaceuticals approached us to ask for assistance with their new project, which aimed to better understand the anaesthesia of cheetah by…