1. Annual Natural Resource Report
Wildlife Trends
Game counts
Data from the annual North-West game count. The Y-axis represents the number of animals seen per 100km driven. The zebra chart is for mountain zebra.
Wildlife Populations
Species
Animals seen
Minimum estimate
Likely estimate
Baboon 37
Duiker 3
Eland 30
Gemsbok 42
120
220
Giraffe 16 40
100
Jackal 1
Klipspringer 4
Kudu 14 50
130
Ostrich 27
410
Springbok
422
930
2270
Steenbok 12
540
Warthog 2
Burchell's zebra 43
Mountain zebra 10
Photo: V. Guillemin
Photo: A. Jarvis
Predator sightings
Species
Animals dead
Cheetah 1
Duiker 2
Gemsbok
Giraffe
Kudu 3
Leopard
Lion
Ostrich
Porcupine
Springbok 8
Warthog
Mountain zebra
Locally rare species
Mortalities
Species
Animals seen
Elephant
213
Black-faced impala 33
Black rhinoceros 5
Mortalities recorded during patrols
Locally rare species are those which are currently infrequently observed in the conservancy
The index (Y-axis) is calculated as the number of sightings per event book
Photo: A. Jarvis
Photo: V. Guillemin
Photo: A. Jarvis
Photo: S. Linder
Photo: S. Linder
Ehirovipuka

2. Number of Community Game Guards:
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Wildlife Use
Wildlife Income
Species
Quota
Type of Utilisation
Total used
Own Use
Trophy
Capture
Shoot & Sell
Traditional
Problem animal
Springbok 80 17
17 
Kudu 5 3  3
Lion 2 1  1
Hyena  0
Jackal  2
Ostrich 15
Klipspringer
Baboon 10
Steenbok
Giraffe 4  4
Duiker
Zebra 25 8
11 
Gemsbok 40  9
Leopard
Cheetah
RB Francolin 50 0 
S Francolin
Wildlife Introductions
Year
Species
Number
2005
Eland 36
2007
Black-faced impala 24
Burchell's zebra 50
2008
Giraffe 18
Photo: H. Denker
Natural Resource Management
Threats
Performance:
Weak Good
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Poaching
Incidents
Incidents
Species
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Baboon 7 1 3 2
Caracal
Cheetah 15 10 4 5 6
Elephant 9 13
Hyaena 70
130
158 60 45 76
156 89
Jackal 20 36
Leopard 28 31 29 23 32 41
Lion 22 16 11
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: 6
Damage
Rainfall (mm)
Environmental monitoring
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
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