Annual Natural Resource Report Wildlife Trends Game counts Data from monthly fixed foot patrols. Index calculated as number of sightings per patrol. Wildlife Populations Sightings Estimates Photo: M. Jarvis Species Animals seen Duiker 7 Eland 20 Impala 23 Kudu 11 Roan 1 Burchell's zebra 9 Species Likely estimate Duiker 1239 Kudu 604 Sightings are animals seen in the conservancy during the annual game count. Estimates are for the local area and include Kwandu, Mashi, Mayuni & Sobbe. Photo: S. Mayes Photo: S. Linder Photo: A. Symonds Predator sightings Index calculated as number of sightings per event book. Locally rare species Mortalities Environmental monitoring Species Animals seen Eland 270 Giraffe 209 Blue wildebeest 60 Species Animals dead Duiker 2 Eland Giraffe 1 Reedbuck Tsessebe Warthog Vegetation Pie indicates change in bush cover between 2007 and 2009 Locally rare species are those which are currently infrequently observed in the conservancy Mortalities are animals found dead during patrols and opportunistic sightings Mashi

Number of Community Game Guards: Mashi - 2009 Wildlife Use Wildlife Income Species Quota Type of Utilisation Total used Own Use Trophy Capture Shoot & Sell Traditional Problem animal Elephant 4 1   2 Hippo Crocodile Lechwe Reed buck Blue wildebeest 3 Buffalo 5 Impala Warthog Kudu Baboon 10 Burchell's zebra Sable Hyaena Leopard Duiker Lion Guinea fowl 20 RB francolin 50 Egyptian goose Photo: T. Robertson Year Species Number 2007 Eland 43 Giraffe 14 Impala 28 2009 50 25 Wildlife Introductions Threats Natural Resource Management Human-Wildlife Conflict Poaching Performance: Weak Good Incidents Incidents Species 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Baboon   2 4 3 14 10 Crocodile 1 5 Elephant 41 116 28 40 27 95 188 237 Hippo 20 16 18 13 92 51 24 Hyaena 79 53 44 47 55 29 22 Jackal Leopard 9 Lion 11 12 15 Pigs 6 57 62 31 Porcupine Wild dog Species 2009 Red bars indicate weak areas in the conservancy management performance which need to be addressed. Green bars indicate positive management performance. Effort: Number of Community Game Guards: 8 Rainfall (mm) Damage The species chart indicates the most troublesome to least troublesome conflict species in the conservancy. The Y-axis in HWC and poaching charts represents number of incidents. Years with no bars indicate gaps in data collection Mashi