Welcome to the FKMP website...
Flower - of the Kalahari - and her Whiskers. Zaphod, of course. Kleintjie, all in 3D. Swift & Ernesto. And later Sqirt & Weenie...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 March LH Table
The March 2017 Life History files are uploaded. Some of the most important events: Five pups of Swift’s litter have emerged at Whiskers around mid March. All of them are doing well. The biggest surprise are Storm Troopers (SO), a new group found in a chance encounter in March, with…
2017 February LH Table
The February 2017 Life History files are uploaded. Some of the most important events: Swift, at Whiskers, has given birth on February 22nd. Lazuli has seen just another dominance change, after dominant female Elise the Great (VLF219) disappeared. Minnie (VLF222) is her successor. Both Drachentöter (VLM189, also known as Stumpy…
2017 January LH Table
The January 2017 Life History files are uploaded. Some of the most important events: Swift, at Whiskers, is pregnant again. Jaxx and Lazuli have swapped males – Lazuli’s LLCoolJ now leads Jaxx, whereas Jaxx’ short-time dominant Polon (5 months old) is now dominant at Lazuli. Logi (VBBF104), dominant female at…
2016 December LH
The December 2016 Life History files are uploaded. Some of the most important events: Swift (VWF176), at Whiskers, gave birth, but the litter was abandoned after a few days, unfortunately – an with them juvenile Lavandula (VWF203) who had stayed with the pups. Baobab had a mixed litter of nine…