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WildEarth is all about family ... it's in our nature. Please remember that the basic principles are to have fun, share, explore, learn ... all without offending or upsetting others.
Photos: Please only upload photos you have taken of WildEarth.TV content. Or photographs YOU have taken of wildlife in any of the areas that WE broadcast from. Annotate what area each photo was taken in if not Wildearth content or they may be deleted. Any photos uploaded after the publishing of these guidelines, November 22, 2008, that are not WildEarth content or wildlife photos taken by you in the areas that WE broadcast from, will be deleted immediately without notification.
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These guidelines are in place to prevent copyright infringement of others, and to make for easier browsing of the WildEarth.TV sightings as well as to ensure the storage/bandwidth limits of this social network are not exceeded.
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You are warned that when communicating on the Chat, Forums, Private Messages, or any other interactions using the WildEarth social network (Ning) site: any inappropriate language, threatening, abusive, racist, demeaning, controversial, political, religious, or not appropriate for children within any discussion or comment will not be tolerated. This is a family friendly Social Network. Please let's keep it that way.
Communications: When communicating with the WildEarth Team including those in Final Control and the Admin or Moderator Team, please do so in a courteous manner. WE work hard to ensure your enjoyment, a little respect goes a long way.
Please Note: When communicating with others (ie members, admin/moderators), remember they are just that "private" messages/communications and should not be shared with others without prior permission from all parties involved. (added March 19, 2009)
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These guidelines are being implemented in consideration of all our extended WildEarth family members no matter what nationality, race, religion or age.
The WildEarth Team wants to thank each and every one of our members for helping to build the WildEarth Social Network, website and 'movement' into what it is today!
What we ask of you on http://wildearth.ning.com
WildEarth is all about family ... it's in our nature. Please remember that the basic principles are to have fun, share, explore, learn ... all without offending or upsetting others.
Photos: Please only upload photos you have taken of WildEarth.TV content. Or photographs YOU have taken of wildlife in any of the areas that WE broadcast from. Annotate what area each photo was taken in if not Wildearth content or they may be deleted. Any photos uploaded after the publishing of these guidelines, November 22, 2008, that are not WildEarth content or wildlife photos taken by you in the areas that WE broadcast from, will be deleted immediately without notification.
Videos: Only videos containing WildEarth.TV content are allowed to be uploaded. They must be your own creations. Any videos other than WildEarth.TV content and not of your own creation will be deleted without notification. The principle here is to 'mash-up' the WEvideo that are also available at http://www.wildearth.tv/wearchive for your use.
These guidelines are in place to prevent copyright infringement of others, and to make for easier browsing of the WildEarth.TV sightings as well as to ensure the storage/bandwidth limits of this social network are not exceeded.
Conduct:
You are warned that when communicating on the Chat, Forums, Private Messages, or any other interactions using the WildEarth social network (Ning) site: any inappropriate language, threatening, abusive, racist, demeaning, controversial, political, religious, or not appropriate for children within any discussion or comment will not be tolerated. This is a family friendly Social Network. Please let's keep it that way.
Communications: When communicating with the WildEarth Team including those in Final Control and the Admin or Moderator Team, please do so in a courteous manner. WE work hard to ensure your enjoyment, a little respect goes a long way.
Please Note: When communicating with others (ie members, admin/moderators), remember they are just that "private" messages/communications and should not be shared with others without prior permission from all parties involved. (added March 19, 2009)
Any form of promotion to adult content is strictly not permitted.
Member Accounts: Please only one membership account per individual household user.
Advertising: Please do not advertise products or services on the WildEarth social network or www.wildearth.tv without prior consent from WildEarth.TV
These guidelines are being implemented in consideration of all our extended WildEarth family members no matter what nationality, race, religion or age.
The WildEarth Team wants to thank each and every one of our members for helping to build the WildEarth Social Network, website and 'movement' into what it is today!
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UK tour raises some great questions
Some great questions have been raised by University students during my recent lecture tour in the UK, which have focused our thoughts on the direction of the ILP for the next years. Sure, we’re growing rapidly but it’s important to ensure that we focus on our core aims first and foremost. The object of our research is to gather data on the density and behaviour of leopards (and other carnivores) outside of formally protected areas. And why? Well it is in these areas (the largest land mass of South Africa) that leopards are in conflict with humans and in these areas where they are the last of the big five remaining truly wild.
So how can we conserve the dwindling leopard population. As said, first we need data, but also we need to develop wildlife management methods and techniques. Within this we need to become more than a pure research project and tackle some of the other issues. Education is undoubtedly a major factor. We need to get the message across in the right way. But we also need to develop and employ pragmatic management solutions. We will need a holding facility to temporarily detain problem animals, sufficient to give us time to ensure that any relocation does not compromise the genetic dynamics of an area and importantly that we do not create a problem in that area. Whether that be with local livestock, people, or other leopards.
All of this will mean we need more staff. Dedicated people who have a passion for wildlife conservation. We’ll also need more funding. But here is where we can offer something a little different. We want to create an ILP membership scheme (say$8 annual fee). However rather then just ask for a membership fee, in return we want to offer something more than a badge or membership card. Membership will then entitle folks to a 10% discount off an African Conservation Safari. As with everything we do, we look to our friends to give us their input and feedback, so if you have any thoughts on this concept then I'd love to hear from you.
Written by Will Fox
Honey Badgers - You have to love them
Finally we have some news on our Honey Badger project. As you may know we have been holding two troublesome honey badgers, that were killing Geese on a farm and removed before they could get into even deeper trouble. Of-course we have been waiting for permits but (in this case), that is no bad thing. It has provided time for the badgers to loose their homing instinct to that farm (otherwise they would just head home and into more trouble). It's also given us time to arrange for tracking equipment. In this regard, we took lots of advice from badger specialists before deciding on a two pronged approach to tracking these animals that roam in very large areas.
Firstly, one of the badgers had a radio transceiver implant yesterday (unobtrusive low range device placed under the skin by a vet), and second they will each be given VHF collars before release. Of-course with such tenacious animals the collars won't last long before the badgers have destroyed and discarded them, but by that time we hope to have logged their new home range and have an idea of where to find them. Thereafter the implant (which has only a small range) will help us to monitor the badgers for the next year or so and gather much needed data on Honey Badgers living outside of formally protected area's. You've heard it before, but these are the area's where all carnivores at the biggest and imminent risk from human conflict. So we very much hope that these two will be only the first of many, so that our study results can hep formulate pragmatic conservation policies.
For now, the badgers will be monitored at Moholoholo wildlife rehabilitation centre for another twelve days and then we'll release them into a wild area. Where we hope they'll stay out of trouble. Yea I know, fat chance of that. Badgers just seem to look for trouble. I have to be honest, it's why I love them.
Written by Will Fox
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