Protected habitat helps brown hyenas flourish
The brown hyena population in the Tsau //Khaeb National Park has remained stable since 1997 due to successful breeding and relatively low levels of human disturbance within the park. An estimated 200 to 300 brown hyenas roam the vast park, according to the Brown Hyena Research Project. The project is a conservation initiative operating in […] The post Protected habitat helps brown hyenas flourish appeared first on The Namibian .
The brown hyena population in the Tsau //Khaeb National Park has remained stable since 1997 due to successful breeding and relatively low levels of human disturbance within the park. An estimated 200 to 300 brown hyenas roam the vast park, according to the Brown Hyena Research Project. The project is a conservation initiative operating in the Lüderitz area with support from diamond mining company Namdeb and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
Namdeb operates within the park. According to on-site researcher Marie Lemerle, determining the exact number of brown hyenas in the area remains challenging. “We estimate roughly around 200 to 300 brown hyenas in the whole of the Sperrgebiet, but their densities are closer at the coast than in inland areas,” she says.
