25/07/2017
The title of the presentation for our next event is “Research and Conservation of large Carnivores in South Africa” by Dr Gus Mills.
Date: 3 August 2017
Time: 18h00 for 18h30
Venue: Oppenheimer Life Sciences Building (OLS 4)
Presenter: Dr Gus Mills
Gus Mills spent 40 years conducting research on African large carnivores with SANParks in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier and Kruger National Parks. His initial work was on brown hyaenas and spotted hyaenas in the Southern Kalahari culminating in the publication of his book in 1990 “Kalahari hyaenas: the comparative behavioural ecology of two species.” He studied lion and cheetah feeding ecology, ecological relationships between the large carnivores, and wild dog population ecology in Kruger National Park, before returning to the Kalahari in 2006 to undertake a six-year study on the cheetah, under the auspices of the Lewis Foundation, the results of which have recently been published in a book “Kalahari cheetahs: adaptations to an arid region”. He has supervised a number of PhD and MSc theses on aspects of lion, cheetah, wild dog, brown hyena, honey badger and African wild cat behaviour and ecology in different areas of Southern Africa. He was the founder of the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Carnivore Conservation Group. He has written six books and authored or co-authored over 150 scientific papers, as well as delivered over 80 talks at conferences and symposia worldwide. He is a senior member of several IUCN Carnivore Specialist Groups. He has served as a member on several boards of conservation organizations and scientific journals, including African Journal of Wildlife Research, and consulted widely on carnivore conservation issues in Africa and Asia. He and his wife Margie have now retired and are living outside Nelspruit.
Topic: “Research and Conservation of large Carnivores in South Africa”
Cost: R50 (finger foods and drinks provided)
RSVP: Tammy – [email protected] or 011 7176403 (Please RSVP by Monday 31st July 2017 to secure your place.)
