Vanessa Duthé

conservation biologist 🐘🐞🌿🦉 Black rhino conservation ecology 🦏 PhD candidate 🇿🇦🇨🇭

[Vanessa Duthé @vanessa_duthe]

So pleased to share our latest work on the impact of dehorning on black rhino (Diceros bicornis) home ranges and social interactions in PNAS this week!
https://t.co/qXdiIOrVPR

@blackrhino_ecol @ManuDefossez @serasmann

[PNASNews @PNASNews]

To deter poachers, some rhinos have been dehorned. But the practice affects rhino behavior, according to a new study. The territories of dehorned rhinos shrunk by an average of 45.5% after the procedure, and dehorned rhinos became less social. In PNAS: https://t.co/BRY1C7vkK2

[Vanessa Duthé @vanessa_duthe]

Article sur notre étude publiée dans PNAS cette semaine, l'impact du décornage sur les territoires du rhinocéros noir 🦏
Décorner les rhinocéros a un impact sur leur comportement | via @letemps https://t.co/aUe19XNEQ8

@blackrhino_ecol

[Vanessa Duthé @vanessa_duthe]

The New York Times take on the results of our newest dehorning study 🦏

Rhinos’ Horns Were Cut to Thwart Poachers. After, They Didn’t Go Out Much. https://t.co/TNs5MIe5xC

@blackrhino_ecol @serasmann @ManuDefossez

[Vanessa Duthé @vanessa_duthe]

Our latest work on the impact of dehorning on black rhino home ranges featured in Science 🦏

Cutting off rhino horns to prevent poaching makes them homebodies | Science | AAAS https://t.co/UpaLqxaGbS

@blackrhino_ecol @serasmann @ManuDefossez

[The Black Rhino Conservation Ecology Project @blackrhino_ecol]

Last week we presented some of our work at @SSNM_KNP
@vanessa_duthe on the effect of dehorning on black rhino home ranges, Rickert on the viability of using horn caps for tracking, @philippinesurer on diet overlap using DNA metabarcoding, @Marionfischer25 on parasite load & diet

[Vanessa Duthé @vanessa_duthe]

Recently we fitted a new set of transmitters to a few of our black rhino gang. These LoRa horn pods will hopefully give some insight into what these guys get up to 🦏📶

#blackrhino #dicerosbicornis #criticallyendangered #conservation #movementecology

@blackrhino_ecol

[Vanessa Duthé @vanessa_duthe]

Good boy Masaka for my 100th diet transect 🦏🔍🌿💯

Looking forward to the final combination of all my datasets for my chapter on black rhino diet and feeding ecology, disentangling foraging choices and cues 🌿🧬🧪

#BlackRhinoEcology
@blackrhino_ecol

[Vanessa Duthé @vanessa_duthe]

LoRhino: Phase 1 https://t.co/FHFFTwT6K8 via @YouTube