African Wildlife Big 5 Conservation Project, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Detail

African Wildlife Big 5 Conservation Project, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

To give you an idea of how your time will be split between the different aspects of the program, the following should be taken as an approximation:

Big Five Monitoring 40-50%

Conservation work within the Park 30-40%

Data Recording 10-20%

Your role as a volunteer will include:
• Monitoring the behaviour, feeding patterns and movement of a herd of elephant who were released into the park in early 2011.

• Collating and record research data on a pride of lions. This will being in the bush to observe hunting, social,  breeding and territorial behavior at various different times of the day. This also involves some night  drives.
• Monitoring the rhino population to support the data recorded by the anti-poaching team during the day. This  will help the reserve managers to understand the health of the animals, which are part of an endangered  species reintroduction programme.
• Capturing data as required by the reserve management team on their ongoing endangered species work
• Find and remove snares. This is a vital part of the anti-poaching effort within a park
• Carrying out physical work to help regenerate natural bush from reclaimed farmland including the  prevention of further soil erosion and the removal of old structures to avoid injuries for animals
• Contributing to the long term strategy of removal of Alien Plants from the park