About the Project
Alldays Wildlife and Communities Research Centre (AWCRC) was established in 2017 and is based on a farm near to Alldays, Limpopo. The projects main objective is to establish a sustainable and successful conservation research programme. The centre is also host Durham University’s Primate and Predator…
Bio’s
Professor Russell Hill Reader, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, UK Professor Hill’s main research interests are in the behavioral ecology of primates and other large mammals, with a primary goal of understanding the decisions animals make about their social and reproductive strategies. His research…
Volunteer
We are currently accepting research assistant (for primates and other wildlife species) and teaching assistant positions for 2022. Everything you need to know about volunteering with Durham University’s Primate and Predator Project or the Alldays Wildlife and Communities Research Centre can be found here….
Electric fence mortalities; the shocking reality
Electric fences have been used in wildlife management since the 1930s and have increased in popularity in recent decades among landowners. The use of electric fences is popular within our study area with farmers using electric fences to define property boundaries as well as…
A year in the life of a troop of Dump baboons
During 2020, PhD student Topu Rahman from Durham University, UK conducted his fieldwork at AWCRC studying the effects of human waste food on the behaviour and hormonal responses of a wild chacma baboon troop. After habituating a troop of baboons that spends time at…
Spotlight on Phd student Rebecca
I initially came out to the AWCRC as a research assistant in April 2018, but after spending 5 months here, I decided to apply for a PhD at Durham University. I was always interested in understanding the effects of human-wildlife interactions on the behaviour…
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