Our mission is to preserve biodiversity by providing innovative, non-invasive & sustainable solutions to resolve conflict situations between humans and wildlife
We currently have a vacancy for a Field Manager for the Baboon Management Program based in Cape Town. Click below for more information:
https://t.co/lK8oQfaAiY
HWS is appointed by the City of Cape Town to manage baboons on the Peninsula. A 24-hour baboon reporting hotline is available (071 588 6540). Call to report:
• baboons in the urban area/property
• baboon raids
• injured baboons
• incidents of feeding or harming of baboons
We recently welcomed the new intake at Chrysalis Academy where 220 fresh recruits participated in the baboon induction course.
Chrysalis Academy are also celebrating 20 years of involvement in youth development, CONGRATULATIONS! Keep it up #ChrysalisAcademy!
HWS participated in the Ocean View Multipurpose Centre holiday program. Baboon educational activities were carried out with young adults & children. We expose youth in baboon-affected areas to the role chacmas play in the Fynbos biome & how to make homes unattractive to baboons.
A great white shark has been spotted around Seal Island in False Bay earlier this week, after months of absence.
https://t.co/lBsadpQ3KX
#sharks#nature
Did you know that conserving ecosystems is often more cost-effective than human-made interventions? Take a look at some other climate change facts you should know:
https://t.co/ioqJYE423g?
Fossils belonging to mammal ancestors that died 309 million years ago, may be one of the oldest examples of parental care ever documented. The adult is protectively cradling a juvenile with its tail.
https://t.co/SJgPHFWwLJ
In 2019, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences described 71 new plant and animal species. For more information, follow the link:
https://t.co/0OPWuMGOLJ
#science#nature#newspecies