Hi Lorraine,No idea about figures for caracal or bb jackals. The only think I can say is that during my 4 years in the Santawani area (Moremi) I saw caracal only three times (as a comparison I saw serval way more often). Jackals are definitely common but I do not have figures for the area.
Cheer, Gabriel ============================================================ Gabriele Cozzi Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies Zurich University Winterthurerstr. 190 8057 Zurich - Switzerland E-mail: gabriele.cozzi@xxxxxx Phone: ++41(0)44 6356116 Fax: ++41(0)44 6355711 http://www.ieu.uzh.ch http://african-carnivores.com Botswana Predator Conservation Trust Private Bag 13 Maun - Botswana E-mail: gab.cozzi@xxxxxxxxx Mobile: +26774259312 http://www.bpctrust.org On 24.02.2012 08:12, Plr wrote:
Hi LorraineWe 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 iPhoneOn Feb 23, 2012, at 15:30, "Lorraine Boast" <lboast@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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