Welcome to the FKMP website...
The meerkats of the Kalahari Meerkat Project starred on countless screens and in books - do you want to learn more about the actors behind these stars? Or are you "just" fond of these furry little creatures that seem to value family above everything else? Or are you here to support the KMP research - and see what we've achieved with our support? Whatever it is that sparked your interest in the KMP meerkats:
Welcome to our Friends of the Kalahari Meerkat Project website.
Please use the menu at the top to navigate through the site, and also visit the KMP research website.
2017 July LH Table
The July Life History files have been uploaded. July has been a very quiet month, LH-wise: Ex Pandora male Cheesy Toast (VVHM092) joined his siblings at Paprika (formerly called Van Helsing 4). 3 females are pregnant, but there were no births in July – fairly usual during the cold dry…
2017 June LH Table
The June Life History files have been uploaded. The most important events: One group goes, one group comes: June saw the demise of Rascals as a group, unfortunately. Both remaining females succumbed to TB, bringing the Rascals group history to a sad end. The group was founded in 1998, making…
2017 May LH Table
The May 2017 Life History files are uploaded. Some of the most important events: A new group was found in a chance encounter, near the Storm Troopers territory: Yetis. They consisted of two VH females (evicted in July 2016), two JX males (emigrated in December 2016), another unhabituated adult male…
2017 April LH table
The April 2017 Life History files are uploaded. Some of the most important events: The short-lived Annals of History group disintegrated, probably because the two males left the female. At Lazuli, four females gave birth, but only the last litter, Cafrine’s, survived. Pandora’s dominant female Elsa succumbed to TB; the…