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.
June 2015 Field Report
I have just been reading over my last report and reminding myself how the TB research has moved on in the intervening period. Summer 2014/2015 for me was about getting the central study in my PhD up and running: the vaccination project. There were a few hitches along the way…
Nov/Dec 2014 Field Report
It’s been six months now since I last updated you with how things were going with the tuberculosis research. At that point I was in England planning for the main stage of my research and working out how best to tackle our questions. Now I am back out in the…
June 2914 Field Report
I’m back in England now after a successful season in the Kalahari. I spent nearly four months out there in the end on this trip, and managed to sample 125 of the meerkats. I was really pleased with getting this number as that represented a good percentage of the population…
Christmas 2013 Field Report
The first three months of the TB vaccination project have gone by at some speed, and have been a complete mixture of activities involving research, planning, and action. Having previously been familiar with the tuberculosis situation in cattle, I have spent a good deal of time reading up on the…