Wildlife ACT’s mission is to help save Africa’s

endangered wildlife and wild places from

extinction.
 Volunteers are needed to complete
the monitoring work that’s important
to help ensure the survival of species including
Cheetah, Rhino, African Wild Dog, Leopard, Lion,
Vulture, Elephant and Turtles.
Wildlife ACT is 100% reliant on volunteer
participation for funding the projects and
collecting the data required for sound
conservation management decisions.
WILDLIFE ACT’S CONSERVATION WORK FOCUSES ON:

1. Delivering time and expertise to provide

adequate management, capture, transport
and reintroduction of endangered animals
to new homes
WILDLIFE ACT’S CONSERVATION WORK FOCUSES ON:

2. Developing and deploying state-of-the-art

monitoring and anti-poaching measures and
equipment in the field.
WILDLIFE ACT’S CONSERVATION WORK FOCUSES ON:

3. Helping rural communities who live alongside

protected wildlife areas to develop a love and
respect for nature, provide them with reasons to
protect it, and advance economic empowerment
WHY DO ENDANGERED SPECIES NEED MONITORING?

1. Studying and recording behavioural, social and

feeding patterns of endangered animals is used
for research and management purposes.
WHY DO ENDANGERED SPECIES NEED MONITORING?

2. Monitoring is an effective way of keeping track of

animal movements and demographics and allows us
to learn about their ecology and population
structures.
WHY DO ENDANGERED SPECIES NEED MONITORING?

3. Intensive monitoring allows us to predict future

movements and possible dispersals of individuals
(especially Wild Dogs) allowing management to
make informed decisions.
WHY DO ENDANGERED SPECIES NEED MONITORING?

4. Being able to detect if wild animals leave the

confines of a park allows us to act immediately to
bring them back - preventing conflict, illness and
interaction with humans and domesticated animals
(which can lead to disease outbreaks).
WHY DO ENDANGERED SPECIES NEED MONITORING?

5. Daily and ongoing monitoring alerts us to

poaching incidences quickly as well as
injuries caused from fighting and
predation.
WHY DO ENDANGERED SPECIES NEED MONITORING?

6. In the case of reintroduction of a priority species, it is

important to evaluate the reintroduction success. Intensive
monitoring is usually the most accurate method of determining
this, which is essential for informed management decisions and
for future reintroductions - ultimately helping to ensure sound
conservation of these species .
WHAT HAS WILDLIFE ACT ACHIEVED IN THE LAST 8 YEARS?
400
Rhino fitted with
tracking devices
500 300
Camera trap in Relocated to
field taken half a new homes
million photos this
year

80%
30 Of SA’s remaining
GPS backpacks dogs monitored
Fitted to vultures by Wildlife ACT

40 100
Cheetah fitted Wild dogs
with tracking rescued from
collars 80
Anti snare collars snares
developed & fitted
on wild dogs
WANT TO PLAY A PART AND HELP SAVE THESE
ENDANGERED AND PRIORITY SPECIES FROM
EXTINCTION?
 WANT TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL TRAVEL
EXPERIENCE AND DO SOMETHING WORTHWILE?
THEN JOIN US AT
 WILDLIFE ACT WORKS AT:
5 Different Game Reserves in South Africa
• Hluhluwe Game Reserve
• iMfolozi Game Reserve
• Mkhuze Game Reserve
• Manyoni Private Game Reserve
• Tembe Elephant Park

1 Private Island in the Seychelles

• North Island
 WORK YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN ON GAME RESERVES

Telemetry Work - radio tracking to locate and monitor the endangered

and priority species. Once found you will be recording data such as GPS
location, group composition, associations and behaviour.
 
 WORK YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN ON GAME RESERVES

Camera Trap - setting up cameras, replacing batteries and SD cards, and

sorting through the photographs for the more elusive animals that need
a different monitoring technique.
 
 WORK YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN ON GAME RESERVES

Identikits - Taking photos, identifying individuals, and compiling

accurate identikits of all the main priority species
 
 WORK YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN ON GAME RESERVES

Data capture - Uploading all the field data you collect, as well as tagging
all the camera trap photos

Sample collections - Collecting scat samples in the field, so they can be

analysed to compile a complete list of prey selection and/or genetic
information
 WORK YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN ON GAME RESERVES

Reserve / Camp work - help reserve management with general

maintenance work, such as covering a hole in the fence so animals don’t
escape, cleaning the monitoring vehicle you use, to helping set up bait to
assist with darting operations
 WORK YOU MAY BE LUCKY TO BE INVOLVED IN

Darting— possible participation in a dart, for either a collaring, snare

removal or relocations etc. These are usually unplanned events, and
there is no guarantee you will participate in one
 
 WORK YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN ON SEYCHELLES PROJECT

Beach Patrols – look for evidence of nesting sea turtles, possibly helping
to relocate eggs if the nest is under threat
Alien removal – remove coconut saplings and other invasive species,
help plant indigenous / endemic plants
Monitoring – record data on the White Eye population (bird), and Giant
Aldabra Tortoise population, as well as the Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Surveys – conduct snorkelling photo surveys in support of ocean
conservation
 
 JOIN US NOW
Help conservation, help save endangered species,
and make many new friends in the process. 