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Field Stories

Stories from the field: memorable wildlife encounters, unexpected moments and personal experiences from time spent in the wild.

Servals & Caracals, Oh My!

Sticking to the subject of last week; capturing carnivores, this week I’ll share another couple of very special moments.
Last week it was all about lions and wild dogs. This week it’s all about servals and caracals. What are those, you say? Read on and you’ll know. All I can say is, they are awesome!

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How To Catch A Carnivore

Every time I’ve traveled to Africa it has been to work, either to do research for my degrees or to volunteer. Through doing this, I have come to know a whole lot of fantastic people working full time to study and save an African wildlife constantly threatened and under pressure from a growing human population with a lack of money and resources.

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Shit Happens

Last week I shared with you my top five photography moments, and now it’s time for me to share my top moments doing various research and conservation work. I realized last week, however, by putting all the top 5 moments in one big post it resulted in a whole lot of text.

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Goodbye, said South Africa

It is now one month short of being a year since the last time I found myself driving alone on a dirt road in my trusted ’93 Jeep Cherokee. It was my last day on South African soil after having lived there for almost two years and a final adventure for the two of us.

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