1. Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta)
Species status assessment compiled by
Stéphanie Périquet (CCF) & Lise Hanssen (Kwando Carnivore Project)

2. Population trend: DECREASING
IUCN Namibia Threats Actions Sources
Global assessment
Last assessment: 2015
LC since 2009
Lower Risk in 1966
Population trend: DECREASING

3. IUCN Namibia Threats Actions Sources
Southern Africa

4. Namibia . IUCN Namibia Threats Actions Sources Kunene - ??????
Etosha - ?????? (Martina Trinkel) (Current survey data available, but not analysed (Michelle Moeller)
Bwabwata NP – 60 to 80 (Lise Hanssen)
Mudumu/State Forest/MNC - <30 (Lise Hanssen)
Eastern Chobe floodplains –
< 20 (Lise Hanssen)
Kunene - ??????
Khaudum/Nyae Nyae –
80 to 100 (Piet Beytell) .
South West Namibia - < 30 (Ingrid Wiesel, Rudie Van Vuuren)

5. Threats Trophy hunting in and around National Parks
IUCN Namibia Threats Actions Sources
Threats
Trophy hunting in and around National Parks
Retaliatory persecution
Road mortality
Emerging body part trade (feet and skins)
Poisoning
Snaring
No conservation consideration
Habitat destruction/declining connectivity

6. IUCN Namibia Threats Actions Sources
No trophy hunting of spotted hyaenas inside protected areas (at all) and buffer zones around protected areas.
Traffic slowing in road mortality hotspots (often shared by other species like wild dogs).
Site specific censuses and ongoing monitoring.
Calibrate monitoring methods for specific sites.
Adhering to zonation and land use (Human settlement).
Stop timber harvesting (North East)
Awareness among conservation and law enforcement about body part trade and potential poisoning.
Species management plan for Namibia.

7. Sources IUCN Red List CCF (camera trapping)
IUCN Namibia Threats Actions Sources
Sources
IUCN Red List
CCF (camera trapping)
Carnivore Tracker app (sightings)
Ingrid Wiesel (camera trapping + sightings)
Lise Hanssen (GPS collars, spoor surveys, camera trap surveys, long-term study)
Piet Beytell (GPS collars, camera trap survey in process)