Happy Thanksgiving – the 2018 KMP Calendar is available!

A 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,…

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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…

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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…

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2017 August LH Table

The August Life History files have been uploaded. Here are the most important events: The KMP team is habituating a 14-strong wild group from scratch; they were tracked in the middle of the reserve, near Big Dam, and are named the Gold Diggers (GD). Lazuli dominant female Minnie was predated;…

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