Hi Lorraine We have a large jackal population in the Northern Tuli but have never done a count. We used to see the odd caracal about 15 years ago but haven't seen one since so looks to me like they have all but disappeared from our area. Habitat change ? And very abundant leopard population ? Regards Pete Sent from my iPhone On Feb 23, 2012, at 15:30, "Lorraine Boast" <lboast@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > Would anyone have rough estimates of caracal and black backed jackal numbers > in Botswana. Are there any official figures? > > Thanks > > Lorraine > > Lorraine Boast > PhD student > Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town > +255 (0) 773833237