Author: Evi

2017-Nov November LH Table

The November Life History files have been uploaded.

Here are the most important events:

  • A rare event: Zulus dominant female had a partial abortion, carrying the remaining pups to term.
  • Baobab’s dominant female Flossie died; she was suffering from TB. There are several groups with TB signs right now, possibly due to the dryer than usual month.

 

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Friends will find “The Meerkatter” August issue here (login needed).

Happy Thanksgiving – the 2018 KMP Calendar is available!

KMP Calendar 2018A very happy Thanksgiving to all our American Friends and website visitors!

As usual at this time of the year, the brand new 2018 KMP Meerkats calendar is up for sale in our Zazzle store, www.zazzle.com/fkmp-store

The KMP researchers, volunteers and Friends visitors again contributed last year’s most awesome, amazing, impressive and sweet KMP meerkat photos for our 2018 calendar!!! Lots of pups (including both Whiskers litters of the year), legendary meerkats like Swift (dominant female at Whiskers) and Egg (dominant female at Van Helsing) or an exciting encounter of the Baobab group with a deadly puff adder… Hope you’ll enjoy these meerkats throughout 2018.

On special request, there is also a range of brand new Mozart products available: cards with postage, pendant and necklace, and stickers. Hope you like them…

As always, at least 15% of our sales will go to support meerkat research at the Kalahari Meerkat Project.

2017 October LH Table

The October Life History files have been uploaded.

Here are the most important events:

  • Three pups emerged of Swift’s litter, two of which are still around: Bones (VWF212) and Pixie (VWM211), bringing them to 11 individuals. Subordinate Buddleia is missing though.
  • Unfortunately, Baobab dominant female Amarula succumbed to TB. She had been dominant at Baobab since 2013. Her eldest daughter Flossie (VBBF107) is now dominant.

 

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Friends will find “The Meerkatter” August issue here (login needed).

2017 September LH Table

The September Life History files have been uploaded.

Here are the most important events:

 

  • The breeding season starts early this year, due to good rains: Amarula’s five pups at Baobab (only two of which survived) and AJB’s 4 pups at Hakuna Matata – and more to come from Swift’s litter at Whiskers who haven’t emerged yet.
  • Another new wild group is being habituated, the (Little) Creatures (CR), with 7 individuals. They live in the center of the reserve and were found with camera traps near their burrow.

Click here to download the LH Table.

Friends will find “The Meerkatter” August issue here (login needed).